Total hip replacement - College of Occupational Therapists
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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