Postoperative psychological distress in patients having total hip or knee replacements: an exploratory panel study.

To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. The purpose of this study was to describe postoperative anxiety and depression in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement, describe and identify preexisting factors known...

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Published in:Orthopaedic Nursing
Main Authors: Sveinsdóttir, Herdís, Skúladóttir, Hafdís
Other Authors: Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Landspitali University Hospital, Eirbergi, Eiríksgötu, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2013
Subjects:
Aged
Arthroplasty
Replacement
Hip
Knee
Female
Humans
Iceland
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Questionnaires
Stress
Psychological
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/301652
https://doi.org/10.1097/NOR.0b013e318266496f
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Summary:To access publisher's full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field. The purpose of this study was to describe postoperative anxiety and depression in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement, describe and identify preexisting factors known during hospitalization and postdischarge, and detect associations with symptoms of anxiety and depression at home at least 4 weeks posthospital discharge. Patients from 2 sites in Iceland answered self-administered questionnaires at the hospital and at home. The questionnaires included questions about anxiety, depression, pain, family and social situations, and hospital and illness experience. Patients exhibited few symptoms of anxiety and depression. Significant associations between symptoms of anxiety and depression at the hospital with anxiety and depression at home, as well as between general postoperative symptoms and quality of sleep, were found. Postoperative anxiety was predicted by depression at the time of admission to the hospital. Postoperative depression was predicted by depression at the hospital and presence of pain at home. Most patients found that the operation was as successful as expected; 29.6% stated that they had recovered very well and 33.6% wanted more information about the time it takes to recover.

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