Charlson's Index was a poor predictor of quality of life outcomes in a study of patients following joint replacement surgery

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1142-1149

  Harse, Janis D ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charlson's Index; Comorbidity; Health related quality of life; Joint replacement surgery; SF 36 physical component summary score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOCARDIA; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 26644465073     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.02.017     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. M.E. Charlson, P. Pompei, K.L. Ales, and C.R. MacKenzie A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation J Chron Dis 40 1987 373 383
2. M.H. Kaplan, and A.R. Feinstein The importance of classifying initial co-morbidity in evaluating the outcome of diabetes mellitus J Chron Dis 27 1974 387 404
3. S. Greenfield, D.M. Blanco, R.M. Elashoff, and P.A. Ganz Patterns of care related to age of breast cancer patients JAMA 257 1987 2766 2770
4. R.A. Deyo, D.C. Cherkin, and M.A. Ciol Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative databases J Clin Epidemiol 45 1992 613 619
5. P. Romano, L. Roos, and J. Jollis Adapting a clinical comorbidity index for use with ICD-9-CM administrative data: differing perspectives J Clin Epidemiol 46 1993 1075 1079
6. J. Librero, S. Peiro, and R. Ordinana Chronic comorbidity and outcomes of hospital care: length of stay, mortality and readmission at 30 and 365 days J Clin Epidemiol 52 1999 171 179
7. P.A. Rochon, J.N. Katz, L.A. Morrow, and R. McGlinchey-Berroth Comorbid illness is associated with survival and length of stay in patients with chronic disability Med Care 34 1996 1093 1101
8. D.A. Mahler, and J.I. Mackowiak Evaluation of the short-form 36-item questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in patients with COPD Chest 107 1995 1585 1589
9. T.Y. Martinez, C.A.C. Pereira, M.L.D. dos Santos, and R.M. Ciconelli Evaluation of the short-form 36-item questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Chest 117 2000 1627 1634
10. B. Mozes, Y. Maor, and A. Schmueli The competing effect of disease states on quality of life of the elderly: the case of urinary symptoms in men Qual Life Res 8 1999 93 99
11. D.M. Stier, S. Greenfield, D.P. Lubeck, K.A. Dukes, S.C. Flanders, J.M. Henning, J. Weir, and S.H. Kaplan Quantifying comorbidity in a disease-specific cohort: adaptation of the total illness burden index to prostate cancer Urology 54 1999 424 429
12. M.H. Chin, L. Jin, T.G. Karrison, R. Mulliken, D.C. Hayley, J. Walter, A. Miller, and P.D. Friedmann Older patients' health-related quality of life around an episode of emergency illness Ann Emerg Med 34 1999 595 603
13. C. Mancuso, M. Rincon, C. McCulloch, and M.E. Charlson Self-efficacy, depressive symptoms and patient's expectations predict outcomes in asthma Med Care 39 2001 1326 1338
14. P. Fortin, A. Clarke, L. Joseph, M. Liang, M. Tanzer, D. Ferland, C. Phillips, A.J. Partridge, P. Belisle, A.H. Fossel, N. Mahomed, C.B. Sledge, and J.N. Katz Outcomes of total hip and knee replacement Arthritis Rheum 42 1999 1722 1728
15. J.V. Manen, J. Korevaar, and F. Dekke Adjustment for comorbidity in studies on health status in ESRD patients: which comorbidity index to use? J Am Soc Nephrol 14 2003 478 485
16. J.E. Ware, K.K. Snow, M. Kosinski, and B. Gandek SF-36 Health Survey: manual and interpretation guide 1993 The Health Institute, New England Medical Center Boston, MA
17. J.E. Ware, M. Kosinski, and S.D. Keller SF-36 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales: a user's manual 1994 Health Assessment Lab Boston, MA
18. A.L. Stewart, S. Greenfield, R.D. Hays, K. Wells, W.H. Rogers, S.D. Berry, E.A. McGlynn, and J.E. Ware Functional status and well-being of patients with chronic conditions JAMA 262 1989 907 913
19. M. Wensing, E. Vingerhoets, and R. Grol Functional status, health problems, age and comorbidity in primary care patients Qual Life Res 10 2001 141 148
20. K.B. Wells, A. Stewart, R.D. Hays, A. Burnam, W. Rogers, M. Daniels, S. Berry, S. Greenfield, and J. Ware The functioning and well-being of depressed patients: results from the medical outcomes study JAMA 262 1989 914 919
21. J. Xuan, L.J. Kirchdoerfer, J.G. Boyer, and G.J. Norwood Effects of comorbidity on health-related quality-of-life scores: an analysis of clinical trial data Clin Therapeutics 21 1999 383 403
22. C. Melfi, E. Holleman, D. Arthur, and B. Katz Selecting a patient characteristics index for the prediction of medical outcomes using administrative claims data J Clin Epidemiol 48 1995 917 926
23. L.E. Kazis, D.R. Miller, J. Clark, K. Skinner, A. Lee, and W. Rogers Health-related quality of life in patients served by the Department of Veterans Affairs: results from the Veterans Health Study Arch Int Med 158 1998 626 632
24. H. Powell, L.L.-Y. Lim, and R.F. Heller Accuracy of administrative data to assess comorbidity in patients with heart disease: an Australian perspective J Clin Epidemiol 54 2001 687 693
25. S.M. Kieszak, W.D. Flanders, A.S. Kosinski, C.C. Shipp, and H. Karp A comparison of the Charlson comorbidity index derived from medical record data and administrative billing data J Clin Epidemiology 52 1999 137 142
26. H. Quan, G. Parsons, and W.A. Ghali Validity of information on comorbidity derived from ICD-9-CM administrative data Med Care 40 2002 675 685