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Relationship between total hip replacement appropriateness and surgical priority instruments.

Alejandro Allepuz1, José M Quintana, Mireia Espallargues

  • 1Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research - CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain. aallepuz@ambitcp.catsalut.net

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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This study validates surgical priority instruments for total hip replacement (THR), showing they accurately reflect patient needs and can improve waiting list management for better healthcare access.

Area of Science:

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Outcomes Assessment

Background:

  • Variability in total hip replacement (THR) indications and waiting times can impede patient access to care.
  • Standardized tools are needed to assess the appropriateness of THR and prioritize patients effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the relationship between the appropriateness of THR indications and established surgical priority instruments.
  • To validate existing priority-setting tools for THR waiting lists.

Main Methods:

  • A multicenter cross-validation study involving patients on the THR waiting list.
  • Collected data included surgical priority scores, visual analogue scale (VAS) pain scores, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures.
  • Appropriateness of THR indications was categorized using established criteria; statistical and effect size analyses compared groups.

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Main Results:

  • 49.4% of THR indications were appropriate, 39.8% uncertain, and 10.8% inappropriate.
  • Statistically significant differences in priority scores, VAS, and HRQOL were observed across appropriateness categories.
  • Area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC) demonstrated strong discrimination between appropriate and inappropriate indications (AUC 0.97 and 0.90).

Conclusions:

  • The correlation between surgical priority instruments and indication appropriateness confirms their validity.
  • These validated instruments can enhance waiting list management for THR by enabling patient-specific maximum waiting time allocations.