Effects of Obesity on Health Related Quality of Life Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

Scott A Foster; Dustin S Hambright; Valentin Antoci; Meridith E Greene; Henrik Malchau; Young-Min Kwon

doi:10.1016/j.arth.2015.03.023

Effects of Obesity on Health Related Quality of Life Following Total Hip Arthroplasty

J Arthroplasty. 2015 Sep;30(9):1551-4. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.03.023. Epub 2015 Mar 31.

Authors

Scott A Foster¹, Dustin S Hambright¹, Valentin Antoci¹, Meridith E Greene¹, Henrik Malchau¹, Young-Min Kwon¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 25887700
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.03.023

Abstract

Obesity is known to negatively impact health related quality of life (HRQoL). Although non-disease specific tools have been used to study HRQoL after THA in obese patients, these do not directly measure health utility improvements. All 435 THA patients in the current study, regardless of BMI, reported improvement in HRQoL as measured by EQ-5D, a universal, standardized, non-disease specific preference-based instrument. These data suggest obese patients value their quality of life improvement following THA as much as non-obese patients. Furthermore, the increased activity level observed following THA in obese patients suggests obese patients may also obtain non-disease specific benefits of a more active lifestyle. This information is important for future assessments of value and cost-effectiveness of THA in the obese population.

Keywords: EQ-5D; cost-effectiveness; health related quality of life; obesity; total hip arthroplasty.

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / economics
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / methods*
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Female
Humans
Life Style
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / epidemiology
Quality of Life*
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome