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| Individual quality of life in patients undergoing hip replacement | | Author(s) | Ciaran A O'Boyle, Hannah McGee, Anne Hickey |
| Journal title | The Lancet, vol 339, no 8801, 2 May 1992 |
| Pages | pp 1088-1091 |
| Keywords | Orthopaedics ; Patients ; Quality of life ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The individual patient's perspective is reflected in the schedule for the evaluation of individual quality of life (SEIQoL). The SEIQoL is devised from the technique known as judgment analysis to measure patients' level of functioning in five self-nominated facets of life and the relative weight of importance attached to these areas. The authors applied this method, together with traditional measures of health status, in a prospective intervention study of 20 patients undergoing unilateral total hip replacement surgery in Dublin, with 6-month follow-up by comparison with matched, non-patient controls. Health status was significantly improved by hip replacement on the McMaster health index questionnaire and the arthritis impact measurement scales. Individually measured QoL was significantly increased after surgery when measured by SEIQoL. The individual nature of QoL was reflected in the variety of life areas nominated as important by individual patients, the differences in relative weights attached to these areas, and the complex nature of the changes that occurred postoperatively. The data not only highlights such individuality, but also show that SEIQoL provides a means by which this can be assessed scientifically. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-950105209 A |
| Classmark | LKB: LF: F:59: 4C: 3J: 763 * |
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