Application of the Oxford Arthroplasty Early Recovery Score for patients undergoing Joint arthroplasty.

OBJECTIVE

To translate and adapt the Oxford Arthroplasty Early Recovery Score into Chinese, creating an assessment tool suitable for the early postoperative recovery of patients undergoing Joint arthroplasty.

METHODS

By adopting the convenience sampling method, 200 patients who had undergone hip arthroplasty at The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College between February 2022 and February 2023, with a two-week follow-up, were selected as the research subjects. Clinical and disease-related data were collected, and a preliminarily analysis was conducted to identify factors influencing early postoperative recovery.

RESULTS

A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed, and all were retrieved, with no invalid questionnaires excluded, resulting in an effective response rate of 100%. The total score of the early postoperative recovery quality of patients averaged (-2.49±12.32) points, the average score of pain sensation was (0.86±5.16) points, the average physical function was (-3.72±4.07) points, and the average psychosocial status was (-2.00±5.02) points. Statistical analysis showed that gender (P=0.004), age (P<0.0001), per capita monthly household income (P<0.0001), course of disease (P<0.0001), and BMI (P=0.006) had a significant effect on early postoperative recovery.

CONCLUSION

The Chinese version of the OARS scale has good reliability and validity, making it a useful tool for assessing limb function recovery and physical symptom perception in the early postoperative stage for patients undergoing joint arthroplasty.