Table 5 Main factors in active recommendation of surgery for a patient with OA

Lack of mobility

17 (18%)

104 (68%)

258 (53%)

 < 0.001^a

Degree of pain on movement

49 (52%)

70 (46%)

194 (40%)

0.069^a

Degree of pain at rest

32 (34%)

45 (29%)

220 (45%)

 < 0.001^a

Failure to control condition with drug treatment

30 (32%)

54 (35%)

190 (39%)

0.332^a

Degree of joint damage

25 (27%)

39 (25%)

151 (31%)

0.327^a

Patient’s need for independence

26 (28%)

36 (24%)

108 (22%)

0.530^a

Patient request

42 (45%)

30 (20%)

79 (16%)

 < 0.001^a

X-ray data

25 (27%)

25 (16%)

99 (20%)

0.151^a

Age of patient

16 (17%)

8 (5%)

49 (10%)

0.011^a

MRI results

5 (5%)

22 (14%)

42 (9%)

0.038^a

Patient’s need to continue working

12 (13%)

17 (11%)

38 (8%)

0.206^a

Patient’s inability to tolerate anti-inflammatories

3 (3%)

2 (1%)

8 (2%)

0.533^b