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New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient.

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Schwartz, AM; Wilson, JM; Farley, KX; Bradbury, TL; Guild, GN
Published in: J Arthroplasty
September 2021

BACKGROUND: Postoperative new-onset depression (NOD) has gained recent attention as a previously unrecognized complication which may put patients at risk for poor outcomes after elective total hip arthroplasty. We aimed to investigate risk factors for the development of NOD after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and assess its association with postoperative complications. METHODS: This is a retrospective, population-level investigation of elective TKA patients. Patients with a preoperative diagnosis of depression were excluded from this study. Two groups were compared: patients who were diagnosed with depression within one year after TKA (NOD) and those who did not (control). The association of both preoperative patient factors and postoperative surgical and medical complications with NOD was then determined using multivariate and univariate analyses. RESULTS: Of 196,728 unique TKA patients in our cohort, 5351 (2.72%) were diagnosed with NOD within one year of TKA. Age <54 year old, female gender, preoperative anxiety disorder, drug, alcohol, and/or tobacco use, multiple comorbidities, and opioid use before TKA were all associated with a diagnosis of NOD postoperatively (all P < .001). Postoperative NOD was associated with periprosthetic fracture (OR 2.11; 95% CI 1.29-3.52; P = .033), aseptic failure (OR 1.61; 95% CI 1.24-2.07; P = .020), prosthetic joint infection (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.30-1.85; P < .001), stroke (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.09-1.42; P = .006), and venous thromboembolism (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.12-1.37; P < .001). CONCLUSION: Post-TKA NOD is common and is associated with poor outcomes. This may aid surgeons in developing both anticipatory measures and institute preventative measures for patients at risk for developing NOD.

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Published In

J Arthroplasty

DOI

EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

September 2021

Volume

36

Issue

9

Start / End Page

3131 / 3136

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Orthopedics
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depression
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Arthritis, Infectious
 

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Schwartz, A. M., Wilson, J. M., Farley, K. X., Bradbury, T. L., & Guild, G. N. (2021). New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient. J Arthroplasty, 36(9), 3131–3136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2021.04.008
Schwartz, Andrew M., Jacob M. Wilson, Kevin X. Farley, Thomas L. Bradbury, and George N. Guild. “New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient.J Arthroplasty 36, no. 9 (September 2021): 3131–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2021.04.008.
Schwartz AM, Wilson JM, Farley KX, Bradbury TL, Guild GN. New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient. J Arthroplasty. 2021 Sep;36(9):3131–6.
Schwartz, Andrew M., et al. “New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient.J Arthroplasty, vol. 36, no. 9, Sept. 2021, pp. 3131–36. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.arth.2021.04.008.
Schwartz AM, Wilson JM, Farley KX, Bradbury TL, Guild GN. New-Onset Depression After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Consideration of the At-Risk Patient. J Arthroplasty. 2021 Sep;36(9):3131–3136.
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Published In

J Arthroplasty

DOI

EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

September 2021

Volume

36

Issue

9

Start / End Page

3131 / 3136

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Orthopedics
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Depression
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Arthritis, Infectious