Weight Change and the Risk of Chronic Pain Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasties

Bispebjerg Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Weight Loss; Persistent Postsurgical Pain; Arthritis Knee; Weight Gain; Arthropathy of Hip; Obesity; Arthropathy of Knee

Treatments: Other: Weight unchanged; Other: Weight gain; Other: Weight loss

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06024161

p-2023-14578

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a nationwide, register-based cohort survey study. The objective of this study is to investigate whether weight change is associated with the incidence of persistent postoperative pain following total hip arthroplasty and knee arthroplasty across non-obese and obese and patients.

Enrollment: 6,400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients operated with primary hip or knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis 11-15 months before survey distribution

Exclusion criteria

• Legally incompetent citizens, i.e., persons with a legal guardian, will not be asked to participate.

Trial design

6,400 participants in 3 patient groups

Weight gainers

Description:

Weight gain 11-15 months after arthroplasty

Treatment:

Other: Weight gain

Weight losers

Description:

Weight loss11-15 months after arthroplasty

Treatment:

Other: Weight loss

Weight unchanged

Description:

Weight unchanged 11-15 months after arthroplasty

Treatment:

Other: Weight unchanged