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ArticleOTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma2021

Comparing the responsiveness of a generic and a musculoskeletal specific functional outcome measure in orthopaedic patients with operative fixation of pelvic ring, acetabulum, or tibia fractures: a comparison between single injury and multiply injured patients.

Aresh Sepehri, Graham K J Sleat, Peter J O'Brien, Henry M Broekhuyse, Pierre Guy, Kelly A Lefaivre

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Article in OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aresh SepehriDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Graham K J SleatDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Peter J O'BrienDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Henry M BroekhuyseDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Pierre GuyDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Kelly A LefaivreDivision of Orthopaedic Trauma, Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

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Abstract

objectivesThis study compares the responsiveness, or the ability to detect clinical change in a disease, between the generic Short Form-36 (SF-36) and musculoskeletal specific Short Musculoskeletal Functional Assessment (SMFA) patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in the orthopaedic trauma population. Stratified analysis was performed to compare whether responsiveness differs between patients with single or multiple orthopaedic injuries.

designProspective case series.

settingLevel 1 Trauma Center. PATIENTS: A total of 659 patients with orthopaedic trauma injuries to the pelvis, acetabulum, or tibia were included for analysis. There were 485 patients with a single isolated injury and 174 patients with multiple orthopaedic injuries.

interventionNone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Responsiveness was calculated through the standard response mean (SRM), the proportion meeting a minimal clinically important difference, and floor and ceiling effects.

resultsBetween baseline and 6 months the magnitude of the SRM for SF-36 was consistently greater than that of SMFA in patients with single (

conclusionThis study demonstrates that SF-36 has superior responsiveness versus SMFA in both polytrauma and isolated injury patients and supports the collection of SF-36 as the primary PROM in prospective orthopaedic trauma studies irrespective of whether the patient has an isolated injury or multiple injuries.

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patient-reported outcome measurespsychometric analysisresponsivenessshort form 36short musculoskeletal functional assessment

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PMCPMC8568436
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