Kan Oishi, Takaaki Mori, Tomoki Nakaya, Kojiro Ishii
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Characteristics Associated with the COVID-19 Incidence in Elementary School Children: An Ecological Study in Osaka City, Japan
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
purpose study investigate association musculoskeletal health literacy outcome satisfaction total knee arthroplasty tka crosssectional study performed tertiary center include patients one six years postoperatively primary tka patients provided survey including basic demographics validated musculoskeletal health literacy scale literacy musculoskeletal problems western ontario mcmaster universities osteoarthritis index womac tka satisfaction whether would choose undergo operation patients categorized either low normal health literacy based number questions cutoff 6 9 answered correctly literacy musculoskeletal problems statistical analysis included multivariate regression significance p 05 four hundred fiftythree individuals fully completed survey eligible participants two hundred ninetysix individuals 653 normal health literacy one hundred fiftyseven individuals 347 low health literacy average womac 96 180 197 low 121 154 normal health literacy groups patients low health literacy significantly higher womac worse function normal health literacy p 001 patients normal musculoskeletal health literacy significantly likely undergo operation p 01 odds ratio 2163 study shows patients low musculoskeletal health literacy worse outcome scores less likely satisfied tka identifying patients preoperatively emphasis placed enhancing procedure expectations understanding improve outcome measures overall satisfaction