Health-Related Quality of Life After Total Joint Arthroplasty A Scoping Review

This review examines recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty. It aims to (1) provide an overview of the different types of disease-specific, generic, and utility outcome measures used to assess recovery after total hip and knee arthroplasty and (2) summarize reported changes in health-related quality of life after total joint arthroplasty. Disease-specific measures reported large and important changes (assessed with minimally clinically important differences and effect size criteria), primarily for pain and function over short- and long-term recovery. Smaller but important changes were reported with generic and utility measures. Changes were largest in the pain and physical function domains.