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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2022

Comparison of patient- and clinician-reported outcome measures in lower back rehabilitation: introducing a new integrated performance measure (t2D).

Andrej Zdravkovic, Vincent Grote, Michael Pirchl, Martin Stockinger, Richard Crevenna, Michael J Fischer

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrej ZdravkovicDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Vincent GroteDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. vincent.grote@rehabilitation.lbg.ac.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-2449
Michael PirchlLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Reizenpfenninggasse 1, 1140, Vienna, Austria.
Martin StockingerLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Reizenpfenninggasse 1, 1140, Vienna, Austria.
Richard CrevennaDepartment of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Michael J FischerLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Reizenpfenninggasse 1, 1140, Vienna, Austria. Michael.Fischer@reha-kitz.at.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-0813
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research · ATMedical University of Vienna · ATDeutz (Germany) · DEMedical University of Graz · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePatient- and clinician-reported outcome measures (PROMs, CROMs) are used in rehabilitation to evaluate and track the patient's health status and recovery. However, controversy still exists regarding their relevance and validity when assessing a change in health status.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the changes in a CROM (Fingertip-To-Floor Test - FTF) and PROMs (ODI, HAQ-DI, NPRS, EQ5D) and the associations between these outcomes in 395 patients with lower back pain (57.2 ± 11.8 years, 49.1% female). We introduced a new way to measure and classify outcome performance using a distribution-based approach (t2D). Outcome measures were assessed at baseline and after 21 days of inpatient rehabilitation.

resultsOverall, the rehabilitation (Cohens d = 0.94) resulted in a large effect size outcome. Medium effect sizes were observed for FTF (d = 0.70) and PROMs (d > 0.50). Best performance rating was observed for pain (NPRS). We found that 13.9% of patients exhibited a deterioration in the PROMs, but only 2.3%, in the FTF. The correlation between the PROMs and FTF were low to moderate, with the highest identified for HAQ-DI (rho = 0.30-0.36); no significant correlations could be shown for changes. High consistency levels were observed among the performance scores (t2D) in 68.9% of the patients.

conclusionsDifferent and complementary assessment modalities of PROMs and CROMs can be used as valuable tools in the clinical setting. Results from both types of measurements and individual performance assessments in patients provide a valid basis for the meaningful interpretation of the patients' health outcomes.

trial registrationThis clinical study was entered retrospectively on August 14, 2020 into the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS, registration number: DRKS00022854).

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Low Back PainQuality of LifeFemaleHumansMalePain MeasurementPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresRetrospective StudiesClinician-reported outcome measuresInpatientLower back painOrthopedic rehabilitationPatient-reported outcome measuresPerformance score

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