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. 2022 Aug 19;17:396. doi: 10.1186/s13018-022-03288-x

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the TJA cohort

Variable TJA cohort
(N = 2638)
Data from medical record
Age, mean (SD), yrs 64.4 (9.6)
Sex, no. (%)
 Female 1404 (53.3%)
 Male 1234 (46.8%)
Race, no. (%)
 White 2432 (92.2%)
 Non-White 206 (7.8%)
Tobacco use, no. (%)
 Never 1299 (49.2%)
 Past or current 1017 (38.6%)
Pre-operative pain intensity, 0–10 scale, mean (SD) 3.6 (2.9)
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 29.9 (5.7)
Comorbidity count, mean (SD) 0.6 (0.9)
TJA location, no. (%)
 Hip 1146 (43.4%)
 Knee 1265 (48.0%)
 Shoulder 227 (8.6%)
Number of surgeries, no. (%)
 1 2037 (77.2%)
 ≥ 2 601 (22.8%)
Data from survey responses
Survey time, mean (SD), days 176 (90.3)
Graded Chronic Pain Scale-Revised, no. (%)
 No chronic pain 1175 (44.5%)
 Mild chronic pain 485 (18.4%)
 Moderate chronic pain 693 (26.3%)
 High impact chronic pain 285 (10.8%)
Sleep, mean (SD) 46.6 (8.9)
Anxiety, mean (SD) 47.6 (8.0)
Dyspnea, mean (SD) 30.3 (8.7)
Physical function, mean (SD) 47.9 (8.6)
Pain interference, mean (SD) 48.7 (8.9)

BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; TJA, total joint arthroplasty

PROMIS measures for sleep, anxiety, dyspnea, physical function, and pain interference are scored on a standardized scale ranging from 0 to 100