SF-36 Mental Component Summary (MCS) Score Does Not Predict Functional Outcome After Surgery for End-Stage Ankle Arthritis.
BACKGROUND
Mental health status has been shown to influence functional outcome in a number of orthopaedic disorders. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess whether a diminished baseline Mental Component Summary (MCS) score on the Short Form-36 (SF-36) is predictive of less improvement in the Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale (AOS) score at the time of midterm follow-up after arthroplasty or arthrodesis for end-stage ankle arthritis.


METHODS
Preoperative and postoperative patient scores on the SF-36 MCS and AOS questionnaires were obtained from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (COFAS) End-Stage Ankle Arthritis Database. The relationship between the preoperative MCS score and the change in the total AOS score at the time of final follow-up was summarized with use of a Pearson correlation coefficient (r). Subgroup analyses according to the type of treatment (ankle arthrodesis versus ankle arthroplasty) and preoperative MCS score (<50 versus ≥50) were conducted.


RESULTS
Of an initial 372 ankles enrolled, 337 (91%, ninety-five arthrodeses and 242 arthroplasties) were reviewed after a mean duration of follow-up of 5.2 ± 1.3 years. Analysis revealed no correlation between the preoperative MCS score and the change in the AOS score, from the preoperative baseline to either a mean 5.2 years postoperatively or two years postoperatively (r < 0.1 in both analyses). There was no difference in the change in the AOS score between patients with a preoperative MCS score of <50 and those with a preoperative MCS score of ≥50.


CONCLUSIONS
In our study of patients with end-stage ankle arthritis treated with arthroplasty or arthrodesis, preoperative mental health status (as measured with the MCS score) did not predict functional outcome (as measured by the change in the AOS score) at the time of intermediate-term postoperative follow-up. AOS scores improved for all patients, regardless of the preoperative MCS score.
Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195-6500. E-mail address: sajk@uw.edu.
Stephen
S
Kennedy
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Manitoba, 75 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg, MB R3M 3E4, Canada. E-mail address: hbarske@panamclinic.com.
Heather
H
Barske
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, 1000-1200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2C7, Canada. E-mail address for K. Wing: kwing@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for M. Penner: penner@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for A. Younger: asyounger@shaw.ca.
Kevin
K
Wing
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, 1000-1200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2C7, Canada. E-mail address for K. Wing: kwing@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for M. Penner: penner@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for A. Younger: asyounger@shaw.ca.
Murray
M
Penner
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, 800-55 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M5C 1R6, Canada. E-mail address: danielst@smh.ca.
Timothy
T
Daniels
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax Infirmary, Suite 4867, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, NS B3H 3A7, Canada. E-mail address: markglazebr@ns.sympatico.ca.
Mark
M
Glazebrook
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vancouver Island Health Authority, 305-1120 Yates Street, Victoria, BC V8V 3M9, Canada. E-mail address: pjdryden@telus.net.
Peter
P
Dryden
Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia, 588-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6, Canada. E-mail address: hubert.wong@ubc.ca.
Hubert
H
Wong
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, 1000-1200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2C7, Canada. E-mail address for K. Wing: kwing@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for M. Penner: penner@vbjc.ca. E-mail address for A. Younger: asyounger@shaw.ca.
Alastair
A
Younger
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D001174:Arthrodesis; D058737:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Ankle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome