Table 4.

The 15D dimensions before the operation, at the 12-month follow-up and the change of the mean in the 0-12 follow-up time of the hip and knee arthroplasties.

	THA (n = 569)			p value	TKA (n = 731)			p value
	Baseline	12-month F-U	Change of mean in 0–12 months		Baseline	12-month F-U	Change of mean in 0–12 months
Dimension
Mobility	0.669	0.882	0.213	<0.001	0.672	0.835	0.163	<0.001
Vision	0.913	0.946	0.033	<0.001	0.917	0.939	0.022	<0.001
Hearing	0.921	0.929	0.008	0.123	0.919	0.925	0.006	0.214
Breathing	0.896	0.887	−0.007	0.363	0.868	0.862	−0.006	0.386
Sleeping	0.773	0.833	0.060	<0.001	0.799	0.814	0.015	0.024
Eating	0.990	0.993	0.003	0.365	0.993	0.992	−0.002	0.481
Speech	0.986	0.986	−0.002	0.549	0.986	0.981	−0.005	0.079
Excretion	0.868	0.877	0.009	0.259	0.872	0.866	−0.006	0.391
Usual activities	0.713	0.859	0.146	<0.001	0.751	0.832	0.080	<0.001
Mental function	0.927	0.918	−0.008	0.188	0.922	0.905	−0.017	0.003
Discomfort/symptoms	0.520	0.761	0.241	<0.001	0.591	0.741	0.151	<0.001
Depression	0.895	0.921	0.025	<0.001	0.916	0.915	−0.001	0.771
Distress	0.877	0.914	0.037	<0.001	0.894	0.914	0.020	<0.001
Vitality	0.791	0.864	0.073	<0.001	0.815	0.848	0.033	<0.001
Sexual activity	0.742	0.832	0.090	<0.001	0.836	0.828	−0.008	0.325

THA: total hip arthroplasty; TKA: total knee arthroplasty; F-U: follow-up.