Investigation of Pain, Function, Anxiety, and Depression Levels in Patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty Before Discharge

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to investigate the pain, function, and anxiety-depression levels in patients who had undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the early postoperative period. Materials and Methods: Fifty-eight patients between the ages of 60-85 with TKA were included. From the follow-up files of the patients, data on physical characteristics, pain intensity, function, and anxiety-depression levels were used. Results: When the measurement scores were compared according to gender, no statistically significant difference was found in pain (p:0.49) and physical function (p:0.20). When anxiety-depression levels were compared, it was found that females got higher scores than males (p:0.00). While there was no significant relationship between the pain and knee scores; it was found that there was a moderate positive correlation between pain and anxiety-depression levels (r1:0.520, r2:0.514; p<0.01). There was a statistically significant moderate negative correlation between knee scores and anxiety-depression levels (r1:-0.469, r2:-0.482; p<0.01). Conclusions: This study showed that the physical and psychological states are interrelated. Evaluation in the postoperative period by considering both parameters; will provide a successful disease management process by playing an active role in the follow-up of patients.