Home-Based versus Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Program after Total Knee Replacement
Table 1
Comparison of preoperative patients’ clinical characteristics.
Assessments
Total patients (N = 71)
RITH (n = 32)
Hospital-based rehabilitation (n = 39)
Student’s or
M (SD), %
M (SD), %
M (SD), %
P value
Age (mean ± SD)
71.27 (6.52)
72.78 (7.61)
70 (5.22)
0.093
Sex (%)
Women
70.40%
75%
66.70%
0.614
Men
29.60%
25%
33.30%
Basal
Barthel index
94.08 (5.68)
93.44 (6.77)
94.62 (4.64)
0.407
Diabetes (%)
23.90%
28.10%
20.50%
0 .214
Obesity (%)
35.20%
34.40%
35.90%
1.000
Hypertension (%)
66.20%
62.50%
69.20%
0.731
Bilateral
Prosthesis (%)
29.60%
28.10%
30.80%
1.000
Leg (%)
Right
50.70%
43.80%
56.40%
0.410
Left
49.30%
56.20%
43.60%
Pharmacological treatment (%)
97.20%
96.90%
97.40%
1.000
Note: the P value represents differences between the RITH group and the control group through comparison of independent samples with Student’s - or test for categorical variables; P < 0.05.
