Predictors of 30-Day Re-hospitalization After Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Orthopedic Ward Perspective

Objective: The study was aimed to elucidate risk factors identifiable from ward-derived data of thirty-day re-hospitalization among patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty.
 Methods: designed as a cross-sectional prospective study. the were collected through Patient Sociodemographic Form, Nurse Physical Assessment Observation Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), Katz Activities Daily Living (ADL) Scale.
 Results: Patients scored using this CCI system grouped high (high group >2, n = 49) low (low ≤2, 78) with cut-off score 2. 30-day rate 14.2%, most common reason for surgical infection.
 Surgical risk, daily living dependency, comorbidities index scores not significantly additive effects on rehospitalization (p> 0.05). results indicate that infection often cause higher rates Conclusions: Orthopedic nurses should close observation site design an effective discharge following-up order prevention in with“high risk”.