Patients With Increased Anxiety and Depression Scores Are at Greater Risk of Not Achieving a Meaningful Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome

The authors aimed to determine whether preoperative anxiety and depression levels affect the outcomes of hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome. They found a significant negative correlation between preoperative anxiety/depression and patient-reported outcomes, indicating that patients with higher anxiety scores were less likely to achieve meaningful improvements post-surgery. Interestingly, while these patients were at greater risk of not reaching minimal clinically important differences, they also showed the most significant improvements in their anxiety/depression scores after the procedure.