EQ-5D-3L and quality of life in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients: beyond the index scores.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) generate single number index scores that summarise responses to different questions within a questionnaire. Although these are valuable as unambiguous indicators of ill-health and changes in health, further information can be gained from examining the questionnaire responses themselves. This has additional importance since the patients' reports are those responses and not the index scores. This paper reanalyses data from two prospective multicentre clinical studies assessing patients' quality of life before and after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using the EQ-5D-3L. Patients who completed EQ-5D-3L questionnaires at 3 time periods were included from 4 countries (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand) operated on by the same surgeon

SUBMITTER: Parkin DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9428084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature