Validity of patient-reported comorbidities before total knee and hip arthroplasty in patients older than 65 years.
Obtaining preoperative medical histories in elderly patients can be challenging, and tools have been developed to aid in history gathering. The purpose of this study is to determine the agreement between patient- and physician-reported histories before total knee or hip arthroplasty. Three hundred eighty-two patients older than 65 years completed a preoperative morbidity assessment form preoperatively. Sensitivity, specificity, κ, and agreement were calculated for each dichotomous response. Diabetes (κ = 0.77) and lung disease (κ = 0.68) had substantial agreement. Fourteen comorbidities ranged from slight to moderate agreement. Osteoarthritis and peripheral vascular disease had no agreement. These results highlight the incongruence between patient- and physician-reported comorbidities and emphasizes the need for detailed histories by health care professionals for medically complicated elderly patients preoperatively.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH, USA.
Bishoy V
BV
Gad
Carlos A
CA
Higuera
Alison K
AK
Klika
Karim A
KA
Elsharkawy
Wael K
WK
Barsoum
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity