Using patient reports to assess health-related quality of life after total hip replacement
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Quality of Life Research
- Vol. 2 (1), 3-11
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00642884
Abstract
Data on disease severity, co-morbidity, and process of care were obtained from the medical records of 356 patients without rheumatoid arthritis undergoing a first unilateral total hip replacement at four teaching hospitals in California and Massachusetts. Sociodemographic characteristics, functional status prior and subsequent to hospitalization, and improvement in health status were measured with a patient questionnaire 12 months after discharge. Completed questionnaires were received from 284 patients, a reponse rate of 79.8%. The questionnaire was acceptable to patients, reliable, and had good construct validity. The data indicate substantial benefits from hip arthroplasty. As expected, pre-surgical functioning was a strong predictor of outcomes 1 year after surgery. Controlling for pre-surgical functioning, age was not related to outcomes.Keywords
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