Table 2.

Comparison of patients’ expectations at baseline and respective outcomes 12 months after total hip arthroplasty (THA)

	Percentage of patients (N = 90) in each category at baseline (pre) and 12 months (12 m) after THA
	Much better		Better		Somewhat better		Unchanged		Worse		Uncertain
	pre	12 m	pre	12 m	pre	12 m	pre	12 m	pre	12 m	pre	12 m
Hip pain	79	66	21	30	–	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Back pain	37	6	34	30	7	30	9	33	–	1	13	–
Walking ability	83	48	15	36	1	14	–	1	–	1	1	–
Independence	67	33	25	46	2	19	2	2	–	–	4	–
Physical exercise	44	15	35	28	9	27	7	30	–	–	5	–
General function	59	21	37	42	1	29	3	8	–	–	–	–
Social interactions	32	2	30	20	5	40	27	38	–	–	6	–
Mental well-being	39	5	36	31	2	40	21	23	–	1	2	–

Discrepancies between patients‘expectations at baseline and respective outcomes at 12 months after THA that exceed 20% are marked in bold