Ethics Approval Number: A211828
What is this study about?
The purpose of this international collaborative research project is to explore your experiences after your hip or knee surgery with regard to your mental health and any impact this may have on your recovery. We want to know if you had any anxiety, depression and pain in the days and months following your surgery and whether you received support and care for this. We are interested in your quality of life, positive and negative experiences you had during your rehabilitation and how easy it was for you to perform your daily activities. We want to understand your views on the importance and possible benefits of having your mental health assessed after your surgery.
What does this study involve?
If you agree to participate in this research project, you will be asked to do the following: a de-identifiable online or paper survey and five de-identifiable online or paper questionnaires at four timepoints over 12 months. We would like to capture your initial responses within 10 days of your surgery, and then your responses at 6 weeks, 6 months and 12 months after your joint replacement. Each survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and the 3 questionnaires approximately 15 minutes in total. We will send you reminders when each survey is due. The surveys ask questions about levels of pain, anxiety or depression post-surgery (if any), and about how you feel about your rehabilitation and managing your daily activities.
What are the eligibility criteria?
If you are 18 years or over and have undergone a total hip or knee replacement within the last 10 days, OR are shortly planning to have elective hip or knee replacement, you may be eligible for this study and you are invited to contact the lead researcher for further information. We are recruiting people who may have had their surgery due to arthritic joint damage, falls or fractures from other types of accidents. People who have had a hip or knee fractures, but have not had the joint replaced, are not eligible for this study. Your participation is voluntary and you may withdraw at any time.
Research team lead
Lead Investigator
Clinical Exercise Physiology
A/Prof Suzanne Broadbent
Sue has over 2 decades of experience as scientific lead of Exercise Science programs in Australia and New Zealand and now leads this study at The University of the Sunshine Coast. Her research focus is exercise rehabilitation for cancer survivors, cardio-pulmonary, orthopaedic and Parkinson's Disease patients. In particular, Sue dedicates her time to studying injury prevention and rehabilitation.
Sue also has interests in the delivery and evaluation of clinical exercise physiology programs with student-led clinics and programs, especially in rural settings.
CONTACTS
Get in Touch
If you would like more information about the Patient Experiences With Anxiety And Depression After Total Hip Or Knee Arthroplasty study, or you would like to enrol, please contact A/Prof Suzanne Broadbent
sbroadbe@usc.edu.au
Address
The University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, QLD 4556, Australia
