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Table 4 Associations of patient age with pain/opioid use after THA

From: Risk factors for pain after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review

First author

Year

Study design

n

Age, yr

Follow-up

Outcome measures

Associations of older age with postoperative pain/opioid use

Prentice [9]

2019

RC

12,560

67 (59–75)b

1 yr

Opioid usage

Less risk of postoperative opioid use

Bedard [11]

2017

RC

37,393

 < 50, 2.7%

1 yr

Opioid use

Less risk of postoperative opioid use

Brembo [12]

2017

PC

223

69a (41–91)

3 mo

WOMAC

Worse pain

Nam [3]

2015

PC

196

50a, SD = 7.1

2.9 yr

Pain scale of 0–5

Less odds of having pain

Dowsey [22]

2014

PC

835

68a SD = 9.9

12 mo

HHS

Better pain

Judge [2]

2013

RC

1431

70a

1–5 yr

OHS

Worse pain in patients aged < 60 or > 70

Liu [36]

2012

CC

428

67a SD = 11

1 d

VAS for pain

Better pain

Smith [37]

2012

PC

1318

68.5a SD = 9.9

3 yr

HHS

Worse pain

Clement [39]

2011

PC

171

 > 80

1 yr

OHS

No association

495

65–74

Quintana [48]

2009

PC

291

 > 70

2 yr

WOMAC

Worse pain

299

 ≤ 70

Nilsdotter [54]

2002

PC

124

71a

1 yr

WOMAC

No association

Jones [55]

2001

PC

197

55–79 (83%), ≥ 80 (17%)

6 mo

WOMAC, SF-36

No association

  1. CC Case–control, CI Confidence interval, HHS Harris Hip Score, OHS Oxford Hip Score, OR Odds ratio, PC Prospective cohort, RC Retrospective cohort, SD Standard deviation, SF-36 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index
  2. aData presented as mean
  3. bData presented as median (interquartile range)