Factors influencing the return to work of patients after hip replacement and rehabilitation

Quality of life and functionality after total hip arthroplasty: a long-term follow-up study

“…This result is in keeping with previous studies that used the SF-36 [1,6,23] and WOMAC and HHS [1,21] questionnaires to evaluate either operated or non-operated subjects. The frequency of subjects who kept their preoperative employment after surgery was similar to other studies [27,28]. Resuming preoperative job or workload was closely associated with better hip functionality, as assessed by the WOMAC and HHS questionnaires.…”

The Effect of Total Hip Replacement on the Employment Status of Patients Under the Age of 60 Years

“…Those studies that have addressed this issue have reported that between 25% and 92% of patients undergoing THR return to work postoperatively. [4][5][6][7] The objective of this study was to look specifically at the effect of THR on the work status of patients under 60 years in the UK, who were operated on consecutively by the same surgical team between 1993 and 2003. The economic implications of the data on the provision of THR to young patients are also discussed.…”

Occupational Activity in Patients 10 Years after Hip Replacement Surgery

“…A decrease in employment rate after surgery was also observed by Spanish researchers, who claimed that only 25% of the patients in their country had returned to the profession they performed prior to surgery. It is worth noting that the authors demonstrated a strong association with factors such as the type of work performed and a patient's level of education [24]. Other risk factors include, among others, fe male gender, old age, presence of joint pain other than hip pain, unemployment prior to surgery and patient motivation [10,25].…”

“…Ob ni że nie ak tyw no ści za wo do wej po za bie gu chirur gicz nym za ob ser wo wa li rów nież ba da cze hisz pańscy, któ rzy po da ją, że w ich kra ju za le d wie 25% pacjen tów po wró ci ło do za wo du wy ko ny wa ne go przed za bie giem. War to do dać, iż au to rzy wy ka za li sil ny związek z czyn ni ka mi ta ki mi, jak ro dzaj wy ko ny wa nej pracy oraz po zio mem wy kształ ce nia [24]. Wśród in nych…”