Finalised Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in England, for Hip and Knee Replacement Procedures (April 2020 to March 2021)

As part of the hip replacement questionnaire, patients are asked "Overall, how are the problems now compared to before your operation?" The chart below shows that 95% of patients who answered this question felt their problems were much better than before their operation (87.3% reported feeling much better and 7.9% feeling a little better). 

Patients were also asked "How would you describe the results of your operation?" 93% of hip replacement patients who answered this question described the results as either excellent, very good or good.

Patients undergoing knee replacements were asked the same question as hip replacement patients regarding the success of the operation - "Overall, how are the problems now compared to before your operation?" The chart below shows that 90% of patients who answered this question felt their problems were much better than before their operation (75.0% reported feeling much better and 14.9% feeling a little better). 

As with hip replacements, knee replacement patients are asked "How would you describe the results of your operation?" 87% of knee replacement patients described the results as either excellent, very good or good.