Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures to characterise health status for patients seeking care from an orthopaedic provider: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Characterise the health status of patients newly consulting an orthopaedic specialist across eight clinical subspecialties.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

18 orthopaedic clinics, including 8 subspecialties (14 ambulatory and 4 hospital based) within an academic health system.

Participants

14 910 patients consulting an orthopaedic specialist for a new patient consultation who completed baseline Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) measures associated with their appointment from 17 November 2017 to 13 May 2019. Patients were aged 55.72±5.8 years old, and 61.3% were female and 79.3% were Caucasian and 13.4% were black or African American. Patients who did not complete PROMIS measures or cancelled their appointment were

SUBMITTER: Horn ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature