The evaluation of polyclinic rehabilitation after prosthetic arthroplasty

Abstract

The study considers quality of assessing functioning, limitation of vital activity and patient participation in outpatient stage of rehabilitation according traumatology and orthopedics profile. The sampling included 712 out-patient records of patients with complete endoprosthesis replacement of hip (299 or 42%) and knee (413 or 58%) joints. The study analyzed application of the Haris, Leken and Rankin scales, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS), quality of life questionnaire (EQ-5D), recommended as mandatory examination tools in case of rehabilitation after endoprosthesis replacement. The statistical data processing was performed using software IBM SPSS Statistics version 23. It is established that Harris and Leken scales, hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) were not applied to any patient. The functional structural deformation of joint and/or limb with detailed elaboration of degrees and centimeters is described in 10% of medical records, but it completely matches data from hospital case records. At completion of rehabilitation cycle, 55.9% of all primary complaints are repeated in final diaries. What is regarded 39.3% of primary complaints, there is no information about their elimination. In 25.9% of patients in their final diaries the complaints are present that were not indicated after primary and subsequent examinations. The evaluation according both modified Rankin scale (13.1% of patients) and the quality of life questionnaire (EQ-5D) (6.9% of patients) was implemented only in case of referral to medical social expertise examination. The out-patient rehabilitation cycle was uncompleted in 26% of patients.