ArticleActa orthopaedica2011
Health-related quality of life (EQ-5D) before and after orthopedic surgery.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.
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- What is the association between gender and self-perceived health status when controlling for disease-specific conditions? A retrospective data analysis of pre- and post-operative EQ-5D-5L differences in total hip and knee arthroplasty.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- The impact of moderate to severe osteoarthritis on the physical performance and quality of life: a cross-sectional study in Greek patients (PONOS study).BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Patient-reported outcome for 17,648 patients in 5 different Swedish orthopaedic quality registers before and 1 year after surgery: an observational study.Acta orthopaedica · 2023Observational
- Knee function, quality of life, pain, and living conditions after distal femoral resection knee arthroplasty for non-tumor indications.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Risk for Poor Post-Operative Quality of Life Among Wearable Use Subgroups in an All of Us Research Cohort.Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing · 2023Article
- Anterior Plate-Screws and Lower Postoperative T1 Slope Affect Cervical Allospacer Failures in Multi-Level ACDF Surgery: Anterior Versus Posterior Fixation.Global spine journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
background and purposePopulation data on mortality and life expectancy are generally available for most countries. However, no longitudinal data based on the health-related quality of life outcome from the EQ-5D instrument have been reported for orthopedic patients. We assessed the effect of orthopedic surgery as measured by EQ-5D.
methodsWe analyzed EQ-5D data from 2,444 patients who were operated at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Karolinska University Hospital, 2001-2005. We also made a comparison between results from this cohort and those from a Swedish EQ-5D population survey.
resultsThe mean EQ-5D (index) score improved from 0.54 to 0.72. Hip and knee arthroplasty, operations related to previous surgery, trauma-related procedures, and rheumatoid arthritis surgeries had preoperative EQ-5D (index) scores of 0.48 to 0.52. All of these groups showed substantial improvement in scores (0.63 to 0.80). Patients with tumors or diseases of the elbow/hand showed higher preoperative scores (0.66 to 0.77), which were similar postoperatively. In most patients, the EQ-5D (index) score improved but did not reach the level reported for an age- and sex-matched population sample (mean difference = 0.11).
interpretationOur results can be used as part of the preoperative patient information to increase the level of patient awareness and cooperation, and to facilitate rehabilitation. In future it will be possible-but not easy-to use the EQ-5D instrument as a complementary consideration in clinical priority assessment.
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