期刊
INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
卷 52, 期 2, 页码 265-271出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/imj.15066
关键词
socioeconomic status; osteoarthritis; total hip replacement; total knee replacement; Australia
资金
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) [302204]
- Tasmanian Community Fund [D0015018]
- Masonic Centenary Medical Research Foundation
- Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation
- Arthritis Foundation of Australia [MRI06161]
- NHMRC Career Development Fellowship [1107510]
This study explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and time to total hip replacements (THR) and total knee replacements (TKR). The findings suggest that participants with a higher SES had a longer time to THR compared to those with a lower SES. However, this association may be mediated by factors such as pain and radiographic osteoarthritis.
Background A socioeconomic gradient exists in the utilisation of total hip replacements (THR) and total knee replacements (TKR) for osteoarthritis. However, the relations between socioeconomic status (SES) and time to THR or TKR is unknown. Aim To describe the association between SES and time to THR and TKR. Methods One thousand and seventy-two older adults residing in Tasmania, Australia, were studied. Incident primary THR and TKR were determined by data linkage to the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry. At baseline, each participant's area-level SES was determined using the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD) from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2001 census data. The IRSAD was analysed in two ways: (i) categorised into quartiles, whereby quartile 1 represented the most socioeconomically disadvantaged group; and (ii) the cohort dichotomised at the quartile 1 cut-point. Results The mean age was 63.0 (+/- 7.5) years and 51% were women. Over the median follow up of 12.9 (interquartile range: 12.2-13.9) years, 56 (5%) participants had a THR and 79 (7%) had a TKR. Compared with the most disadvantaged quartile, less disadvantaged participants were less likely to have a THR (i.e. less disadvantaged participants had a longer time to THR; hazard ratio (HR): 0.56; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.32, 1.00) but not TKR (HR: 0.90; 95% CI 0.53, 1.54). However, the former became non-significant after adjustment for pain and radiographic osteoarthritis, suggesting that the associations may be mediated by these factors. Conclusions The present study suggests that time to joint replacement was determined according to the symptoms/need of the participants rather than their SES.
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