Total joint arthroplasty registries are increasingly collecting Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROM) to more directly measure clinical success after surgery. Obtaining these valuable, complete pre- and post-operative surveys is challenging. We sought to identify specific patient or provider characteristics that are associated with low-reporting of PROM surveys in the California Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR). All reported total hip and knee arthroplasties (n=6861) during 2011-2014 were retrospectively reviewed. PROMs were prospectively collected to determine factors associated with non-participation. The critical factor in predicting ongoing participation post-operatively was the collection of PROM surveys pre-operatively. Specific patient demographics (race, discharge disposition, occurrence of a complication) and surgeon volume were predictive of non-response and are potential targets for increasing reporting rates.
Keywords: outcomes; participation; patient reported outcome; registry; total joint arthroplasty.
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