Background: Patient nonadherence with prescribed rehabilitation protocols is associated with up to 16 times higher likelihood of treatment failure after osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) and meniscal allograft transplantation. Hypothesis: Patients who completed counseling with an orthopaedic health behavior psychologist as part of an evidence-based shift in practice at our institution would have significantly lower rates of nonadherence and surgical treatment failure versus patients who did not participate in counseling. Study Design: Cohort study; Level of evidence, 2. Methods: Patients in a prospective registry who underwent OCA and/or meniscal allograft transplantation between January 2016 and April 2021 were included for analysis when 1-year follow-up data were available. Of 292 potential patients, 213 were eligible for inclusion. Patients were categorized based on whether they participated in the preoperative counseling and postoperative patient management program: no health psych group (n = 172) versus health psych group (n = 41). Nonadherence was defined as documented evidence of a deviation from the prescribed postoperative rehabilitation protocol. Results: In this cohort of patients, 50 (23.5%) were documented to be nonadherent. Patients in the no health psych cohort were significantly more likely to be nonadherent (P =.023; odds ratio [OR], 3.4). Tobacco use (OR, 7.9), higher preoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Pain Interference score, lower preoperative PROMIS Mental Health score, older age, and higher body mass index were also significantly associated with nonadherence (P
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Rucinski, K., Stucky, R., Crecelius, C. R., Stannard, J. P., & Cook, J. L. (2023). Effects of Patient Assessment and Education by an Integrated Care Team on Postoperative Adherence and Failure Rates After Osteochondral Allograft and Meniscal Allograft Transplantation in the Knee. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 11(5). https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671231160780
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