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Appendix 5: Evidence- based review tables<br />

Source Design and participants Intervention Outcomes Results Quality and comment<br />

Vincent et al<br />

(2007)<br />

Retrospective comparative<br />

study<br />

Aim: does obesity affect<br />

inpatient rehabilitation<br />

outcomes after total <strong>hip</strong><br />

<strong>replacement</strong><br />

178 medical records analysed<br />

Subjects stratified into four<br />

groups:<br />

Non- obese n=46<br />

Overweight n=62<br />

Obese n=50<br />

Severely obese n=19<br />

Gender and age varied across<br />

the groups<br />

United States <strong>of</strong> America.<br />

<strong>Total</strong> <strong>hip</strong> <strong>replacement</strong><br />

Interdisciplinary<br />

rehabilitation<br />

programme – 3 hours<br />

<strong>of</strong> daily supervised<br />

therapy from physical<br />

and occupational<br />

therapists<br />

<strong>Occupational</strong> therapists<br />

instructed activities <strong>of</strong><br />

daily living for 30–45<br />

minutes in the morning<br />

Group session <strong>of</strong> upper<br />

extremity activity<br />

Additionally three<br />

times a week advanced<br />

activities <strong>of</strong> daily living.<br />

Data analysed against:<br />

• Functional<br />

independence FIM<br />

scores (at admission<br />

and on discharge)<br />

• Length <strong>of</strong> stay<br />

• FIM efficiency scores<br />

(change in FIM score<br />

divided by LOS)<br />

• Hospital charges<br />

• Discharge disposition<br />

location.<br />

• Revision THR service users had<br />

lower FIM score on admission<br />

and discharge<br />

• Changes in FIM scores between<br />

admission and discharge were not<br />

significantly different between<br />

four sub- groups (p>0.05)<br />

• Length <strong>of</strong> stay was significantly<br />

greater in the severely obese<br />

group compared with the nonobese<br />

group (p

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