The purpose of this study is to describe the biopsychosocial impact of caregivers in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, and cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine surgery.Defining such impacts may offer opportunities to enhance caregiver capability to provide care following surgery on a loved one.
This is a pilot feasibility study with the goal of enrolling 50 caregivers in each surgical subgroup, with a total of 150 subjects. Caregivers for patients undergoing the above surgeries will be administered Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures preoperatively, 7 days postoperatively, 14 days postoperatively, and 1 month postoperatively. PROMIS item banks will include Global Health, Anxiety, Fatigue, Depression, Self Efficacy, Social Satisfaction, and Sleep Disturbance. If the caregiver reports the presence of persistent pain, Pain Interference and Physical Function will be administered.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150
Caregivers will receive a series of standard health measurement tools/survey from NIH's Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Natural history of biopsychosocial impact of Caregivers
To describe the natural history of the biopsychosocial impact of Caregivers for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, and cervical/thoracic/lumbar spinal surgery.
Time frame: 1 month
Change of biopsychosocial measures over time
To assess the biopsychosocial measure over time from the following time points: Preoperative, 7 days, 14 days postoperatively, and 1 month postoperatively.
Time frame: 1 month
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