Editorial Commentary: Clinically Depressed Patients Show Worse Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Than Situationally Depressed Patients and Patients Without Mood Issues. Editorial Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The impact of psychological factors on outcome after orthopaedic surgery is increasingly well reported. Specific to anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, prior authors have reported that psychological factors influence return-to-sport outcome. Recent research shows that there is a difference between clinical depression and situational depression. Situationally depressed patients score low on psychological screens but do not have a pre-injury clinical diagnosis for depression. Clinically depressed patients score worse on outcome measures after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction than situationally depressed patients and patients without any mood issues. Furthermore 90.5% of situationally depressed patients had postoperative resolution of their depressive symptoms. Although there appears to be a strong link between clinical depression and limited postoperative outcome, it is still unclear whether depression is a modifier of outcome or whether poor outcome is predictive of persistent depression.

publication date

  • October 1, 2022

Research

keywords

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85138144003

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.arthro.2022.07.007

PubMed ID

  • 36192047

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 10