Factors associated with non-response in routine use of patient reported outcome measures after elective surgery in England

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hutchings, Andrew ^a   Neuburger, Jenny ^a   Grosse Frie, Kirstin ^a   Black, Nick ^a   van der Meulen, Jan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Mailed surveys; Patient reported outcomes; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HERNIOPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN SURGERY;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 84859041135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-34     Document Type: Article

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