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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Study synopsis

From: Effectiveness of psychological support in patients undergoing primary total hip or knee arthroplasty: a controlled cohort study

Time period\activity

Pre-operation

Hospital stay

Rehabilitation centre stay

Upon patient discharge

45 days after surgery

4 months after surgery

Psychological support

EXP (1 session)

EXP (2 sessions)

EXP (1 session)

HADS compiling

EXP

CTR

SF-36 compiling

EXP°

EXP

EXP

CTR

CTR

CTR

Physiotherapic assessment

EXP (each day)

CTR (each day)

  1. ° Following the first session with the psychologist