Severely compromised quality of life in women and those of lower socioeconomic status waiting for joint replacement surgery

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 653-658

  Ackerman, Ilana N ^a   Graves, Stephen E ^a   Wicks, Ian P ^b   Bennell, Kim L ^a   Osborne, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Joint replacement; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 26844435600     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.21439     Document Type: Article

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