Responsiveness differences in outcome instruments after revision hip arthroplasty: What are the implications?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Commentary

Jasvinder A Singh¹ 

[1] Medicine Service, Birmingham VA Medical Center and Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA;Center for Surgical Medical Acute care Research and Transitions (C-SMART), Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA;Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA;

关键词: Responsiveness;    hip arthroplasty;    harris hip score;    short-form 36;    SF-36;    HHS;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-12-107

 received in 2011-05-06, accepted in 2011-05-23,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Responsiveness to change is an important psychometric property of an outcome instrument. Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is critical to outcome assessment after total joint replacement, a surgery aimed at improving pain, function and HRQoL of the patients undergoing these procedures. In a recent study, Shi et al. examined the responsiveness to change of various subscales of two instruments, physician-administered Harris Hip Score and patient self-administered Short Form-36 (SF-36), 6 months after revision total hip arthroplasty. The responsiveness statistics for both scales were reasonable, higher for Harris Hip Score than SF-36. This is the first study to examine responsiveness of these instruments in revision THA patients in a systematic fashion.

【 授权许可】

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