Miriam E Van Dyke, Patricia C Cheung, Padra Franks, Julie A Gazmararian
Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Physical Activity Environments in Georgia Elementary Schools
American journal of health promotion : AJHP
investigate rates return work workability among workingage people following total hip arthroplasty tha participants geneva arthroplasty registry clinical outcomes arthroplasty study aged 1864 years primary tha least 5 years followup mailed questionnaire 20172019 information collected preoperative posttha employment along exposure physically demanding activities work leisure patterns change job explored survival analyses using cox proportional hazard models created explore risk factors stop work difficulties replaced hip total 825 returned questionnaire response 58 392 48 men mean age 58 years median followup 75 years posttha majority 93 worked preoperatively returned work mostly sector higher rates nonreturn 3641 seen among process plant machine operatives workers elementary occupations 7 reported subsequently leaving work replaced hip risk strongly associated standing 4 hoursday hr 381 95 ci 162 896 kneelingsquatting hr 332 95 ci 146 755 andor carryinglifting 10 kg hr 543 95 ci 229 1288 may difficult return particularly physically demanding jobs posttha others rehabilitation may need targeted types workers may redeployment job change counselling required