Patient Reported Outcome Measures: 2024 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Supplementary Report
Authors:   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Lewis Peter L ,   University of Adelaide Medical School, Gill David RJ ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Ackerman Ilana N ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry,   School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, McAuliffe Michael J ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry,   Que, McDougall Catherine ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry,   University of Queensland Medical School, Stoney James D ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Vertullo Christopher J ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR),   Menzies Health Institute, Griffith University,   Knee Research Australia, Wall Christopher J ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry,   University of Queensland Rural Clinical School, Corfield Sophia ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry, Du Peiyao ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Holder Carl ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Harries Dylan ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Edwards Suzanne ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Xu Qunyan ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Lorimer Michelle F ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Cashman Kara ,   South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Smith Paul N ,   Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry,   Australian National University Medical School
Published: October 2024

The AOANJRR first reported PROMs outcomes in the 2021 Annual Report. This year, PROMs information is provided in this dedicated supplementary report. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are surveys that assess dimensions of health from the perspective of the patient. These are additional joint replacement outcomes that are reported directly by patients through a bespoke electronic data capture system. The system is currently being implemented nationally in all hospitals undertaking joint replacement surgery. Several different instruments are used to collect data on patients’ quality of life and joint-specific pain, function, and recovery. This year, PROMs data are reported for primary total hip, primary total knee, primary stemmed anatomic shoulder and primary total stemmed reverse shoulder replacement undertaken for osteoarthritis (OA), and primary reverse total shoulder replacement undertaken for rotator cuff arthropathy. The data are presented overall for each category of joint replacement as well as for the two shoulder diagnoses assessed, and their variations by age and gender. Individual surgeon and individual hospital (both de-identified) pre-operative quality of life and joint-specific scores are also reported for primary total hip, primary total knee, and primary total stemmed reverse shoulder replacement only. The 2024 Patient Reported Outcome Measures Supplementary Report is based on the analysis of procedures using prostheses that have been available and used in 2023 (described as modern prostheses) with a procedure date up to and including 31 December 2023. These include 32,859 pre-operative and 23,826 post-operative PROMs for primary total hip procedures performed for osteoarthritis, 52,472 pre-operative and 37,108 post-operative PROMs for primary total knee procedures for osteoarthritis and 3,366 pre-operative and 2,263 post-operative PROMs for primary total stemmed anatomic and primary total stemmed reverse shoulder procedures performed for osteoarthritis and rotator cuff arthropathy. This Report is one of 14 supplementary reports to complete the AOANJRR Annual Report for 2024. Information on the background, purpose, aims, benefits and governance of the Registry can be found in the Introductory chapter of the 2024 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty Annual Report. The Registry data quality processes including data collection, validation and outcomes assessment, are provided in detail in the Data Quality section of the introductory chapter of the 2024 Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty Annual Report: https://aoanjrr.sahmri.com/annual-reports-2024.