Hip Replacement Survey Results

Hip Replacement Survey - Introduction
This data is taken from an on-going survey of hip replacement patients.

At this stage the number of responses is still relatively low (n=45) and so this report will be confined to areas where sufficient responses have been submitted to make the results meaningful.

The report will therefore only cover: -

• people from the UK and USA
• people who underwent Total Hip Replacement (THR)

The hip replacement survey asks patients whether they feel they had their surgery at the correct time and whether the view of what the correct time changed between pre- and post- op.

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Summary of Findings
Almost 1/3 of respondents to the hip replacement survey felt they would have benefited from having their surgery done earlier. The vast majority of these patients were from the USA.

USA: 1 out of 20 (5%) respondents felt that they were having surgery earlier than necessary and 4 out of 20 (20%) felt they were having it later.

Total: 1 out of 28 (4%) respondents felt that they were having surgery earlier than necessary and 4 out of 28 (20%) felt they were having it later.

Post-Op
UK: 1 out of 8 (1%) felt that they would have benefited from having surgery earlier. Nobody felt that they had undergone surgery too early.

USA: 7 of the 20 (35%) respondents felt that they would have benefited from having surgery earlier. Nobody felt that they had undergone surgery too early.

Total: 8 out of 28 (29%) felt that they would have benefited from having surgery earlier. Whilst nobody felt that they should have waited longer before the operation.

Change from Pre- to Post-Op
UK: After surgery 1 person reported that they felt they would have benefited from having surgery earlier. No one felt they should have waited longer.

USA: I person who initially thought they were having surgery too early felt, post-op, that they had had it at the right timeAll 4 of the people who thought they were having surgery later than the optimal time felt the same after surgery3 people who before the operation felt they were having surgery at the right time reported, post-op, that they felt they had waited longer then necessary.

Conclusions
Too Early or Too Late?
Post-operatively no patient felt that they had undergone surgery earlier than necessary.29% of respondents felt they would have benefited from having the procedure carried out earlier.

Cross-Country Differences?
Only 1% of UK patients felt, post-operatively, that they should have had the surgery done earlier compared 35% of USA patients.

Funding?
However all respondents who felt they would have benefited from having surgery earlier who answered the question on funding were funded by health insurance.

Notes:The questionnaire did not include a question about who decided on the timing of the surgery - patient, surgeon or funder.