The effect of waiting time on health-related quality of life, pain, and physical function in patients awaiting primary total hip replacement: A randomized controlled trial

Value in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 942-947

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Effectiveness; Health related quality of life; Osteoarthritis; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HARRIS HIP SCORE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 67651207762     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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