Is the Health Utilities Index valid in total hip arthroplasty patients?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 339-348

  Blanchard, Chris ^a   Feeny, David ^b,c,d   Mahon, Jeffrey L ^e   Bourne, Robert ^f   Rorabeck, Cecil ^f   Stitt, Larry ^e   Webster Bogaert, Susan ^e  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

^e Dept of Epidemiol and Biostatist ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Health Utilities Index (HUI); MACTAR; SF 36; Total hip arthroplasty patients; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOBILIZATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SPEECH; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; WALKING;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WALKING;

EID: 1642354703     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000018479.52075.bf     Document Type: Article

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