There is increasing interest in measuring patient-reported outcomes as part of routine medical practice, particularly in fields like total joint replacement surgery, where pain relief, satisfaction, function, and health-related quality of life, as perceived by the patient, are primary outcomes.
We review some well-known outcome instruments, measurement issues, and early experiences with large-scale collection of patient-reported outcome measures in joint registries.
The patient-reported outcome measures are reviewed in the context of multidimensional outcome assessment that includes the traditional clinical outcome parameters as well as disease-specific and general patient-reported outcome measures.
2012-01-20
Eng.
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden. ola.rolfson [at] vgregion.se
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Dec;93 Suppl 3():66-71
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