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USING PATIENT REPORTS TO ASSESS HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY-OF-LIFE AFTER TOTAL HIP-REPLACEMENT QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH Cleary, P. D., Reilly, D. T., Greenfield, S., Mulley, A. G., Wexler, L., Frankel, F., McNeil, B. J. 1993; 2 (1): 3-11

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. Socio-demographic 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 response 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.

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