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Table 1 AViKA study inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: The AViKA (Adding Value in Knee Arthroplasty) postoperative care navigation trial: rationale and design features

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

▪ Scheduled to undergo primary TKA at BWH

▪ Osteoarthritis is not the underlying diagnosis (e.g. inflammatory arthritis)

▪ Osteoarthritis is the principal underlying diagnosis

▪ Psychological issues that preclude participation, as identified by participating surgeons

▪ Age ≥ 40 years at the projected date of TKA

▪ Dementia

▪ English-speaking

 
 

▪ Non-English speaker

 

▪ Age < 40 at the projected date of TKA

 

▪ Lives in a nursing home (difficult to track costs)

 

▪ Implantation of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty or interpositional arthroplasty (different clinical features and different costs)

 

▪ Bilateral TKA (simultaneous, staged or planned within 6 months)