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Table 8 Symptoms reported in medical records as impacting post-operative progress in overall cohort

From: Patient and surgical prognostic factors for inpatient functional recovery following THA and TKA: a prospective cohort study

Progress barriers

N (%)

Pain

100 (28.2%)

Nausea

47 (13.3%)

Dizziness/low BP/pre-syncope

53 (15.0%)

Drowsiness/fatigue

22 (6.2%)

Delirium/impulsiveness

14 (4.0%)

Wound ooze

12 (3.4%)

Anxiety

12 (3.4%)

Constipation

12 (3.4%)

Quads inhibition

9 (2.5%)

Other (including systemically unwell or medical condition unrelated to surgery)

25 (7.1%)