Task: Answer Verification
Input (English): Question: Are patients with rheumatoid arthritis more likely to have pain and poor function after total hip replacements than patients with osteoarthritis?
Answer: Contemporary patients with RA have significant improvements in pain and function after THR, but higher proportions have worse 2-year pain and function. In addition, RA is an independent predictor of 2-year pain and poor function after THR, despite high use of disease-modifying therapy.
Output (English): yes