Patient Satisfaction after Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty

Patient satisfaction is an important outcome measurement in total knee arthroplasty/total hip arthroplasty surgery. Patient satisfaction can be evaluated from 2 perspectives, determinants of satisfaction and components of satisfaction. In total joint arthroplasty, improvements in satisfaction can be achieved by examining these perspectives. Patient satisfaction is one of the many PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) used in orthopedic surgery and is an integral part of the growing sentiment to evaluate surgery from the patient's perspective as well as from the surgeon's. The importance of measuring outcomes from the patient perspective is integral to today's patient centered models of care.