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NCT Number: NCT04883788

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Hip and Knee Replacement

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the care of patients undergoing hip or knee replacement for osteoarthritis remains a clinical priority. To date, there is limited empirical knowledge about the impact of pandemic on the care of patients surgically treated for orthopaedic diseases, affected or not by COVID-19.

The aim of the present study is to describe and investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing-sensitive and rehabilitation outcomes of patients undergoing hip and knee replacement.

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Key information

Conditions

Covid19 COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Hip Arthropathy Infections Knee Arthropathy Lung Diseases Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Bologna, 40136, Italy

About this study

From hospital electronic registry of patients will be possible to screen the patients eligible for the study.

From each electronic patients record, health professional researchers will be responsable to collect data.

Variables about nursing and physiotherapy care, the staffing activities and the outcome achieved by the patients will be collected.

To investigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, data of the pandemic period (june-december 2020), will be compared with the data of the same year pre-pandemic (january-march 2020). During the period from april to may 2020, only orthopaedic surgery for emergency trauma or disease was allowed.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Patients undergone hip or knee replacement for osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

Patients undergone hip or knee replacement for fracture, trauma or oncological diseases

Treatment and study plan

Pandemic period

Other

Perioperative care (nursing and physiotherapy) provided to patients treated with hip and knee replacement during the pandemic period

Primary outcomes

  1. early independence

    Time frame: 5 days after surgery

    The recovery of patients of the independence measured by ILOA score

  2. early ambulation

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    The first time that the patient is able to walk with elbow crutches after surgery

Secondary outcomes

  1. early upstairs

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    The first time that the patient is able to upstairs after surgery

  2. Wound infection

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    Incidence of wound infection

  3. Urinary infections

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    Incidence of urinary infection

  4. Pressure ulcers

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    Incidence of pressure ulcers

  5. Paralytic ileus

    Time frame: during hospitalization

    diagnosis or sign of paralytic ileus

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Nursing-sensitive and Rehabilitation Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Replacement: a Single Centre Retrospective Study

Acronym: PTA/PTGCovid

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 12, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 10, 2022

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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