Prior research has shown that depression negatively impacts outcomes after total hip arthroplasty (THA); however, arthroplasty patients may also have depressive symptoms without an established diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), a two-question depression screener, correlates with joint-specific symptom improvement after primary THA. This was a prospective cohort study. Patients completed the PHQ-2 and the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score - Joint Replacement (HOOS-JR) prior to THA, with follow-up at 6 weeks and 6 months. An a priori power analysis determined a sample size of 31 would detect an effect size of 0.5 with a power of 0.80. We used previously established minimum clinically important difference (MCID) values for HOOS-JR. Continuous variables were analyzed with t-tests or Mann-Whitney tests while categorical variables were analyzed with Chi square or Fisher exact tests.Background
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