TY - T1 - Are patient-related pre-operative factors influencing return to work after total knee arthroplasty SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/312956 T3 - A1 - Lankinen, Petteri; Laasik, Raul; Kivimäki, Mika; Aalto, Ville; Saltychev, Mikhail; Vahtera, Jussi; Mäkelä, Keijo A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - Background: Osteoarthritis is one of the leading causes of disability in working-age patients. The total number of working-age patients undergoing total-knee arthroplasty (TKA) is continuously increasing. The purpose of this study was to identify predictive factors related to general health, health risk behaviors and socioeconomic status influencing the rate of return to work after a TKA. Methods: Overall there were 151,901 patients included in the Finnish Public Sector (FPS) study. The response... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Total knee arthroplasty (TKA); Return to work; TOTAL HIP; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES; COST-EFFECTIVENESS; JOINT REPLACEMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; DETERMINANTS; RISK; PREDICTORS; OBESITY; SWEDEN; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology N1 - PP - ER -