The effect of co-morbidities on health-related quality of life in patients placed on the waiting list for total joint replacement

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tuominen, Ulla ^a,b   Blom, Marja ^c,d   Hirvonen, Johanna ^b   Seitsalo, Seppo ^e   Lehto, Matti ^f   Paavolainen, Pekka ^e   Hietanieni, Kalevi ^c   Rissanen, Pekka ^g   Sintonen, Harri ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HUCH Hospital Area   (Finland)

^d ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^e ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP; STUDENT T TEST; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TUMOR; VARIANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33947612553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-5-16     Document Type: Article

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