{
 "dataset": "VerifiedCareData \u2014 first-person hip-replacement recovery equipment corpus",
 "version": "v1",
 "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
 "generated": "2026-08-29",
 "methodology": "https://verifiedcaredata.com/about/",
 "sources": [
  {
   "name": "BoneSmart Joint Replacement Patient Forum",
   "url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/categories/hip-area.3/",
   "note": "hip-surgery pre-op and recovery areas; robots-permitted, use=reference"
  }
 ],
 "counting_rules": [
  "The unit of evidence is a person, not a post \u2014 repeat posters count once.",
  "Quoted text is removed before parsing so quoting someone does not create a second account.",
  "Only mention counts are machine-derived. Whether someone recommended or rejected an item is read by a person, because the phrase-matching approach was tested and misfires: it read 'something you didn't need for the hip recovery, but might want for this one' as a rejection. Hand-read verdicts live in reviewed_verdicts and cover only the items that appear on a page.",
  "Counts are a floor: a person who used a walker without ever writing the word is invisible here."
 ],
 "limitations": [
  "Self-selected population: people who post on a recovery forum are more engaged, and probably more prepared, than average.",
  "Forum members skew toward those having a harder time \u2014 that is often why they post.",
  "Excerpts are quoted under the source's use=reference signal, short and always linked back to the thread they came from."
 ],
 "totals": {
  "posts": 1993,
  "people": 277,
  "threads": 216,
  "date_range": "2011-12-12 to 2026-08-01",
  "items_tracked": 18
 },
 "items": {
  "ice packs or icing": {
   "label": "Ice packs or icing (any method)",
   "people_mentioning": 172,
   "posts": 976,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 169,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "weeks 2-6": 138,
    "before surgery": 68,
    "week 1": 113
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "walker": {
   "label": "Walker or rollator",
   "people_mentioning": 138,
   "posts": 440,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 135,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 67,
    "before surgery": 45,
    "weeks 2-6": 18
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "cane": {
   "label": "Cane",
   "people_mentioning": 128,
   "posts": 422,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 127,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 26,
    "week 1": 37,
    "weeks 2-6": 15
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "crutches": {
   "label": "Crutches",
   "people_mentioning": 100,
   "posts": 294,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 99,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 41,
    "before surgery": 22,
    "weeks 2-6": 8
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "recliner": {
   "label": "Recliner or lift chair",
   "people_mentioning": 74,
   "posts": 234,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 71,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 64,
    "week 1": 28,
    "weeks 2-6": 6
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "reacher or grabber": {
   "label": "Reacher / grabber",
   "people_mentioning": 40,
   "posts": 63,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 40,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 8,
    "week 1": 7,
    "weeks 2-6": 2
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "raised toilet seat": {
   "label": "Raised toilet seat or riser",
   "people_mentioning": 35,
   "posts": 50,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 35,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 6,
    "before surgery": 9,
    "weeks 2-6": 3
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "cold therapy machine": {
   "label": "Cold-therapy machine",
   "people_mentioning": 34,
   "posts": 90,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 34,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 12,
    "before surgery": 8
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "leg elevation pillow": {
   "label": "Leg elevation wedge or pillow",
   "people_mentioning": 30,
   "posts": 71,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 30,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 10,
    "before surgery": 6,
    "weeks 2-6": 2
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "leg lifter": {
   "label": "Leg lifter",
   "people_mentioning": 27,
   "posts": 53,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 27,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 6,
    "before surgery": 3,
    "weeks 2-6": 1
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "compression": {
   "label": "Compression socks or stockings",
   "people_mentioning": 25,
   "posts": 42,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 25,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 5,
    "before surgery": 6
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "sock aid or dressing stick": {
   "label": "Sock aid or dressing stick",
   "people_mentioning": 20,
   "posts": 31,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 20,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 7,
    "week 1": 3,
    "weeks 2-6": 2
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "commode": {
   "label": "Bedside commode",
   "people_mentioning": 17,
   "posts": 22,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 17,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 5,
    "before surgery": 4,
    "weeks 2-6": 2
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "shower chair or bench": {
   "label": "Shower chair or tub bench",
   "people_mentioning": 17,
   "posts": 26,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 17,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 7,
    "week 1": 4
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "grab bars": {
   "label": "Grab bars",
   "people_mentioning": 15,
   "posts": 18,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 15,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "week 1": 3,
    "before surgery": 1
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "hospital bed": {
   "label": "Hospital bed",
   "people_mentioning": 11,
   "posts": 18,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 11,
   "timing_cue_counts": {
    "before surgery": 4
   },
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "walker tray or bag": {
   "label": "Walker tray, bag or basket",
   "people_mentioning": 4,
   "posts": 4,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 4,
   "timing_cue_counts": {},
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  },
  "bed rail or assist": {
   "label": "Bed rail or bed assist",
   "people_mentioning": 1,
   "posts": 1,
   "people_mentioning_excluding_forum_staff": 1,
   "timing_cue_counts": {},
   "stance": "not machine-classified \u2014 see reviewed_verdicts"
  }
 },
 "themes": {
  "physical therapy": {
   "people": 152,
   "pct": 55
  },
  "sleep": {
   "people": 116,
   "pct": 42
  },
  "swelling": {
   "people": 82,
   "pct": 30
  },
  "help at home": {
   "people": 76,
   "pct": 27
  },
  "stairs": {
   "people": 62,
   "pct": 22
  },
  "constipation": {
   "people": 17,
   "pct": 6
  }
 },
 "reviewed_excerpts": [
  {
   "author": "benne68",
   "date": "2026-03-25",
   "quote": "The sock aid and the dressing stick are essential during the early weeks when you have very limited movement.",
   "thread_title": "Suggestions for post-op clothing/footwear",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/suggestions-for-post-op-clothing-footwear.81478/"
  },
  {
   "author": "tanvat",
   "date": "2023-04-13",
   "quote": "Grabber/Reacher: have only used it twice, but can see it is good to have.",
   "thread_title": "Finally! Left Hip Anterior Recovery",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/finally-left-hip-anterior-recovery.73825/"
  },
  {
   "author": "danelady",
   "date": "2022-03-30",
   "quote": "Also got the toilet riser and TWO grabbers because I knew I'd drop one of them.",
   "thread_title": "Complex surgery with revisions, infection, sepsis, and more\u2026",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/complex-surgery-with-revisions-infection-sepsis-and-more%E2%80%A6.69618/"
  },
  {
   "author": "Chichi",
   "date": "2024-10-16",
   "quote": "I borrowed a toilet seat riser and arm handles from my local disability library.",
   "thread_title": "Chichi's Left THR",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/chichis-left-thr.78641/"
  },
  {
   "author": "cold_brew",
   "date": "2022-07-25",
   "quote": "Also used the actual normal-height toilet seat today instead of the riser.",
   "thread_title": "Cold-brew's Big Bilateral THR Adventure",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/cold-brews-big-bilateral-thr-adventure.70829/"
  },
  {
   "author": "shooter59",
   "date": "2025-03-04",
   "quote": "Anyway was felling pretty good this weekend, had ditched the walker after 3 weeks (doctors orders) and on to a cane.",
   "thread_title": "3/5/2025 THR",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/3-5-2025-thr.80117/"
  },
  {
   "author": "myglasshalffull",
   "date": "2024-12-31",
   "quote": "And there's no medal for ditching walker or cane earlier than anyone else.",
   "thread_title": "New Hip 12/4/24",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/new-hip-12-4-24.79358/"
  },
  {
   "author": "vansks",
   "date": "2024-12-18",
   "quote": "Now I\u2019ve tried sleeping with a pillow between my legs, good hip down, but in only a few minutes my operated hip gets so uncomfortable I can\u2019t take it.",
   "thread_title": "Leg pain post op",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/leg-pain-post-op.79346/"
  },
  {
   "author": "Mabel",
   "date": "2025-02-19",
   "quote": "All good progress I think, see my consultant at 6 weeks, hopefully I can start bending, twisting & sleeping on my side.",
   "thread_title": "Mabel's Recovery",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/mabels-recovery.79694/"
  },
  {
   "author": "ferroman",
   "date": "2024-10-30",
   "quote": "I got everything I needed and have used most of the things like leg strap, grabber, walker, trekking poles (to go up a few stairs to get in the house), ice machine (these things are sweet!",
   "thread_title": "Day 1 honeymoom",
   "thread_url": "https://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/day-1-honeymoom.78937/"
  }
 ]
}