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total hip arthroplasty tha osteoarthritis oa major health system cost education exercise edu ex programs may reduce number thas needed supporting data limited study aimed estimate treatment effect tha versus edu ex pain function quality life outcomes 3 12 months treatment initiation hip oa patients hip oa underwent tha edu ex program included propensitymatched study 778 patients edu ex n 303 tha n 475 propensity scores based pretreatment characteristics patients matched 11 ratio betweengroup treatment effects pain function quality life estimated mean difference md change pretreatment 3month 12month followup using linear mixed models matched sample consisted 266 patients edu ex n 133 tha n 133 balanced pretreatment characteristics except opioid use 12month followup tha resulted significantly greater improvements pain md 354 95 confidence interval ci 314 394 function md 305 95 ci 263 347 quality life md 336 95 ci 288 384 17 30 patients receiving edu ex experienced surgical threshold clinically meaningful improvement outcomes compared 84 90 tha patients tha provides greater improvements pain function quality life notable proportion edu ex patients clinically meaningful improvements suggesting edu ex may result tha deferral patients confirmatory trials needed