Use of both short musculoskeletal function assessment questionnaire and short form-36 among tibial-fracture patients was redundant

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1210-1217

  Busse, Jason W ^a,b   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^b   Heels Ansdell, Diane ^b   Mandel, Scott ^b   Sanders, David ^c   Schemitsch, Emil ^d   Swiontkowski, Marc ^e   Tornetta III, Paul ^f   Wai, Eugene ^g   Walter, Stephen D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial; Short Form 36; Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment Questionnaire; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT DYSFUNCTION INDEX; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349308817     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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