Table 6.
Summary of Findings–Other.
| Meta-analysis | ||||||||
| Prognostic factor | OR (95% CI) | Overall quality | ||||||
| Elective vs non-elective | 0.82 (0.71–0.95) | 5 (+++) | ||||||
| Narrative Synthesis | ||||||||
| Prognostic factor | Univariate | Multivariate | Overall quality | |||||
| + | 0 | - | + | 0 | - | |||
| Operative variables | ||||||||
| Elective or non-elective procedure | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 (+++) | |
| Emergency procedure | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 (+++) | |
| Traumatic indication for TKA | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 (+++) | |
| Bilateral procedure | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 (++) | |
| Revision surgery (vs primary) | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 (++) | |
| Healthcare utilisation | ||||||||
| Increasing number of previous admissions | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 5 (+++) | |
| Number of prior knee procedures | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 (+++) | |
| GP visit between surgery and readmission | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 (++) | |
| Radiation therapy within 90 days prior to procedure | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | |
| Chemotherapy within 30 days prior to procedure | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 (+) | |
| Prior operation | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 (+) | |
| >30 outpatient visits in the 365 days prior to procedure | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 (+) | |
| Patient-reported outcome measures | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 (+) | |
| Patient location | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 (+) | |
N/A = not-assessable; Overall quality: + very low quality = very little confidence in the effect estimate: true effect likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect; ++ low quality = confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the study; +++ moderate quality = moderately confident in the effect estimate: true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different.