Table 2 The rate and time to return to work after total hip arthroplasty in the reviewed studies
From: Return to work following primary total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author | All patients | Patients not working before surgery (group 1) | Patients working before surgery (group 2) | All patient working after surgery | Patient working after surgery from group 1 | Patient working after surgery from group 2 | Median time to return to work | Other information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Hourani [5] | 91 | 27 | 64 | 62 | 8 | 54 | Mean time to RTW following THA was 13.6 ± 7.5 weeks | – |
Anderson [6] | 23 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 22 | mean days out of work after THA: 6-month follow-up: 90.8 (95% CI 69.9–111.8) 1-year follow-up: 100 (95% CI 67.8–132.2) 2-year follow-up: 115.9 (95% CI 54.5–177.2) | – |
Atkinson [7] | – | – | – | – | – | – | Bilateral THA staged 1 week interval: Return to Work- Full time: 22 weeks Bilateral THA staged greater interval: Return to Work– Full time: 35.8 weeks | – |
Baldursson [8] | 10 | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – |
Batra [9] | – | – | – | – | – | – | the average number of days taken to return to their usual work at any capacity was 24 days (range = 1–79 days) | – |
Berger [10] | 100 | 22 | 78 | – | – | 78 | For the 78 patients who worked, was 8 days (range, 1–20 days) | – |
Boersma [11] | 68 | 0 | 68 | 61 | 0 | 61 | Mean time to RTW of patients was 85 days (SD 69) following THA | Return to work (n (%)) 6 weeks full 7 (9%) 3 months full 25 (32%) 6 months full 51 (68%) 12 months full 61 (84%) |
Bohm [2] | 54 | 10 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 38 | – | – |
Clyde [12] | 43 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 32 | RTW time (wk) (95% CI) 17.3 (8.16–26.5) | – |
Danielsson [13] | 28 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – |
Drobniewski [14] | 114 | 39 | 75 | 67 | 7 | 60 | 1.1–13.9 weeks | – |
Drobniewski [15] | 87 | 20 | 67 | 82 | 15 | 67 | The mean length of sick leave was 196.2 days, | – |
Goeb [16] | 72 | 14 | 58 | – | – | – | – | In this cohort, 10% of survey respondents had returned to work within 1 week of surgery. Twenty-four percent had returned by week 2, 40% by week 3, 74% by week 4, 75% by week 5, and 76% by 6 weeks postoperatively |
Hauer [17] | 267 | – | – | 242 | – | – | Te median delay in RTW following THA was 10 weeks [IQR 7–14 weeks] | – |
He [18] | 128 | 41 | 87 | 98 | 15 | 83 | – | By 3, 6, and 12 months after THR, 21, 46, and 31 of all the 128 patients returned to work, respectively |
Jensen [19] | 387 | 285 | 102 | 119 | 28 | 91 | – | – |
Johnsson [20] | 118 | – | – | 69 | – | – | 196.68 days | – |
Kamp [21] | – | – | – | – | – | – | days to return to work (median, IQR) 76.5 (49.0–113.5) | – |
Kleim [51] | 52 | – | – | 39 | – | – | Weeks taken to return to work mean (SD) 12 (5.0) | – |
Laasik [22] | 408 | – | 408 | 383 | – | 383 | After the surgery, 94% (n = 383) of the patients returned to work after a mean of 103 days (10–354) of sickness absence | – |
Latijnhouwers [23] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Moreover, the proportion of PLA patients who had returned to work within 3 months after surgery was lower than in DAA patients (within 3 months: 31% vs. 44.6%, respectively). Whereas return to work 1-year after surgery was similar (86.2% and 84.9%, respectively, p¼0.815) |
Leichtenberg [24] | 67 | 0 | 67 | 53 | 0 | 53 | – | – |
Mangin [52] | 72 | – | 72 | 45 | – | 45 | mean (109 ± 91.67 days), (range, 15–515 days) | – |
Mcgonagle [25] | – | – | – | – | – | – | Te average time of RTW was 6.4 ± 3.8 weeks for THA | – |
Mikkelsen [26] | 37 | – | – | 12 | – | – | – | – |
Mobasheri [27] | 81 | 30 | 51 | 62 | 13 | 49 | Patients working preoperatively took an average of 10.5 weeks to return to work. Patients not working preoperatively took an average of 35 weeks to gain employment | – |
Nevitt [28] | 139 | 58 | 81 | 95, 4 yrs later:(87) | 20 | 75 | – | – |
Oken [29] | 51 | 30 | 21 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 13.861 weeks | – |
Pachore [30] | 10 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – |
Pagnano [31] | – | – | – | – | – | – | 39.85 days | – |
Peak [32] | 85 | – | – | 81 | – | – | Finally, patients in the unrestricted group returned to work at a mean of 6.5 weeks whereas those in the restricted group returned at a mean of 9.5 weeks (p < 0.001) | – |
Poehling-Monaghan [33] | 71 | 0 | 71 | 59 | 0 | 59 | – | – |
Poehling-Monaghan [34] | 100 | – | – | 57 | – | – | Mean days (SD) 33 (21.8) | – |
Pons [35] | 128 | 55 | 73 | – | – | 70 | – | – |
Pop [36] | 32 | 4 | 28 | 15, 10 years later:13 | – | – | the average time to re – turn to work was between 1.1 and 13.9 weeks | – |
Rondon [37] | 243 | 0 | 243 | 221 | 0 | 221 | 5.56 weeks | – |
Saad [38] | – | – | – | – | – | – | The mean value of time to rehab &return to work in the conventional approach group was 13.80 ± 4.50 weeks compared to 6.53 ± 0.72 weeks in the mini–invasive approach | – |
Salar [39] | 17 | 7 | 10 | – | – | 7 | 7.2 months (range: 1.5–24 months) | – |
Sankar [40] | 190 | 58 | 132 | 166 | 40 | 126 | – | number of patients returned to work after: 1 months:65 3 months:124 6 months:161 12 months:166 |
Stigmar [41] | – | – | – | – | – | – | 48 days sick leave after THR in two years follow | – |
Suarez [42] | 747 | 0 | 747 | 190 | 0 | 190 | – | – |
Takeuchi [43] | 204 | 48 | 156 | – | – | 121 | – | – |
Tanavalee [44] | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 weeks | – |
Tilbury [45] | 119 | 51 | 68 | 67 | 3 | 64 | the mean time to return to work was 12.5 weeks (SD 7.6; median 12; minimum 1; maximum 40 weeks) | – |
Trusz czyń ska [46] | 54 | 0 | 54 | 32 | 0 | 32 | – | – |
Visuri [47] | 530 | 418 | 112 | 59 | 0 | 59 | – | Return to work rate in males was 94.4%, which was significantly higher than that in females (52.3%) |
White [48] | 33 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 22 | – | – |
Zaballa [49] | 784 | 303 | 481 | 506 | 57 | 449 | – | – |