Table 7.

Assessment of patient's QOL using the KOOS and HOOS scores based on or not on the development of SSI.

Parameters	QoL scores without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)	QoL scores in TKR without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)	QoL scores in THR without SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)	QoL scores with SSI (expressed as median value ± SD)	QoL scores with SSI in TKR (expressed as median value ± SD)	QoL scores with SSI in THR (expressed as median value ± SD)	p values
Pain	45.7 ± 16.3	58 ± 13.8	63.3 ± 5.8	33.9 ± 11.7	52.3 ± 14.6	49.6 ± 1.4	0.009
Symptoms	48.4 ± 18.8	54.0 ± 15.4	59.3 ± 16.9	50.4 ± 18.1	40.1 ± 10.4	51 ± 5.65	0.891
Function	41.2 ± 13.6	47.5 ± 10.1	55 ± 4.6	35.2 ± 14.0	41 ± 4.6	47.4 ± 3.5	0.197
Quality of life	22.5 ± 13.2	28.3 ± 12.9	34.5 ± 13.4	21.1 ± 12.0	27.3 ± 14.4	29.5 ± 3.4	0.861