Journal article
Decline in Health-Related Quality of Life reported by more than half of those waiting for joint replacement surgery: A prospective cohort study
IN Ackerman, KL Bennell, RH Osborne
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Published : 2011
Abstract
Background: In many healthcare systems, people with severe joint disease wait months to years for joint replacement surgery. There are little empirical data on the health consequences of this delay and it is unclear whether people with substantial morbidity at entry to the waiting list continue to deteriorate further while awaiting surgery. This study investigated changes in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), health status and psychological distress among people waiting for total hip (THR) and knee replacement (TKR) surgery at a major metropolitan Australian public hospital. Methods. 134 patients completed questionnaires including the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument, Wes..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Professor Richard de Steiger and the patients of the Royal Melbourne Hospital for their support of this research. We also wish to thank Professor Matthew Liang and Professor Ian Wicks for their constructive feedback on earlier versions of this manuscript. Dr Ackerman's work was supported in part by a Henry James Williams Postgraduate Scholarship from The University of Melbourne and a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Public Health (Australia) Training Fellowship (#520004). Professor Osborne's work was supported in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Population Health Career Development Award (#400391). The funding bodies have had no involvement in the study design, the collection, analysis and interpretation of data, the writing of the manuscript or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.