Association between ongoing pain intensity, health-related quality of life, disability and quality of sleep in elderly people with total knee arthroplasty

Ciência & Saúde Coletiva

María Dolores Herrero-sánchez¹  María Del Carmen García-iñigo¹  Blanca Soledad Nuño-beato-redondo¹  César Fernández-de-las-peñas¹  Francisco Alburquerque-sendín¹ 

关键词: Arthroplasty of the knee;    Elderly;    Quality of Life;    Disability;    Sleep;    Artroplastia do joelho;    Idoso;    Qualidade de vida;    Incapacidade;    Sono;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1413-81232014196.04632013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The scope of this paper was to study the relationship between pain intensity, health-related quality of life, disability, sleep quality and demographic data in elderly people with total knee arthroplasty (TKA). 24 subjects who had been subjected to TKA the previous month (4 females; 66 ± 9years) and 21 comparable controls (8 male; 70 ± 9years) participated in the study. Intensity of pain, and highest and lowest pain intensity experienced in the preceding week were collected. The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities index function, quality of life (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index were assessed. Age, gender, weight, height, body mass index were also collected. Individuals with TKA presented worse physical function (P < 0.01), social role (P = 0.01), physical performance (P < 0.01), pain (P = 0.04), disability (P = 0.04) and sleep quality (P = 0.03) than the controls. Higher intensity of pain was associated with lower physical function, social role, mental health, vitality and general health, and with higher disability and sleep quality. Disability and sleep quality were negatively associated with several quality of life domains. The associations between the intensity of pain, disability, quality of life and sleep reveal the multidimensional experience of TKA.

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