Advances in Orthopedics

Research Article

Impact of Preoperative Quality of Life and Related Factors on the Development of Surgical Site Infections Following Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Prospective Case-Control Study with a Five-Year Follow-Up

Table 7

Assessment of patient's QOL using the KOOS and HOOS scores based on or not on the development of SSI.
ParametersQoL scores without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)QoL scores in TKR without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)QoL scores in THR without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)QoL scores with SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)QoL scores with SSI in TKR (expressed as median value ± SD)QoL scores with SSI in THR (expressed as median value ± SD) values
Pain45.7 ± 16.358 ± 13.863.3 ± 5.833.9 ± 11.752.3 ± 14.649.6 ± 1.40.009
Symptoms48.4 ± 18.854.0 ± 15.459.3 ± 16.950.4 ± 18.140.1 ± 10.451 ± 5.650.891
Function41.2 ± 13.647.5 ± 10.155 ± 4.635.2 ± 14.041 ± 4.647.4 ± 3.50.197
Quality of life22.5 ± 13.228.3 ± 12.934.5 ± 13.421.1 ± 12.027.3 ± 14.429.5 ± 3.40.861