Abstract

AIDO, Ricardo et al. A influência da osteoartrose e da artroplastia da anca sobre a atividade laboral em doentes em idade ativa. Rev. Port. Ortop. Traum. [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.3, pp.371-379. ISSN 1646-2122.

The impact of hip osteoarthritis and total hip arthroplasty in the employability of young patients patient is a relatively unexplored subject in the literature. In order to assess the problem and recognize the clinical factors that influence the return to work in this population we reviewed 81 patients (98 operated hips) with a mean age of 47 years, submitted to hip arthroplasty between 2006 and 2010. The study revealed that 27 patients had already retired before surgery and 17 more retired after arthroplasty. Furthermore only 37 patients (45.6%) are still working after the intervention, and the return to work happens, on average, 6.7 months after surgery. Certain factors were found to be associated with a higher probability of returning to work: male gender, youth age, idiopathic coxarthrosis, readiness to perform the surgery, unilateral disease, metaphyseal support femoral stems, leadership positions and no physically engaging activities required for proper job fullfilment. Despite the high satisfaction in the mitigation of symptoms achieved with arthroplasty, there is a high rate of post-intervention retirement (54.4%). With the introduction of new materials, the improvements in surgical techniques and the actual social conditions we question if this is not the time to reformulate medically imposed activity restriction concepts for young patients subjected to arthroplasty.

Keywords : Hip; osteoarthritis; arthroplasty; assessment; outcome health care; young patients; status; employment.

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