Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• West, T.
• Bruder, A.
• Crossley, K.
• Girdwood, M.
• Scholes, M.
• To, L.
• Evans, S.
• Haberfield, M.
• Couch, J.
• Barton, C.
• Culvenor, A.

Titel

Socioeconomic status is associated with self-reported symptoms and function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Ist Teil von

• Journal of science and medicine in sport, 2023-10, Vol.26, p.S131-S131

Ort / Verlag

Belconnen: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• For anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, a 2022 systematic review found low SES was associated with worse self-reported outcomes and higher complication rates post-ACL reconstruction (ACLR), but all data was from American studies. Consenting volunteers completed online bespoke questionnaires regarding: i) demographics (i.e., sex, age), surgery history (i.e., total number of ACL surgeries, primary vs revision) and number of rehabilitation sessions attended, ii) health insurance used for ACLR (private vs publicly-funded (i.e., Medicare)), iii) postal addresses - used to determine SES using the Index of Relative Socioeconomic Advantage and Disadvantage from Australian Bureau of Statistics data, with these scores dichotomised ‘below’ vs ‘at/above the state average’ for analysis); and iv) four subscales of the Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) (pain, symptoms, sport/recreation, quality of life), which were averaged to provide a measure of self-reported symptoms and function (KOOS4). Furthermore, outcomes for participants recruited through private surgical clinics (i.e., using private insurance) may not be generalisable to a wider ACL-injured population with low SES groups poorly represented.