Background: The amount a government should be willing to invest in adopting new medical
treatments has long been under debate. With many countries using formal cost-effectiveness …

Patient-reported measures of knee function are important for the comprehensive
assessment of rheumatology conditions in both clinical and research contexts. To merit …

Purpose To study the psychometric properties, including reliability, validity and
responsiveness, of the Spanish EQ-5D-5L questionnaire for patients with hip or knee …

La medición de la calidad de vida relacionada con la salud (CVRS) es cada vez más
relevante como una manera de estudiar la salud de la población1 y de analizar la eficacia y …

Objective: To examine the health related quality of life of persons with one or more self
reported musculoskeletal diseases, as measured by the short form 36 item health status …

Purpose To assess the test–retest reliability of the EQ-5D-5L (5L) and compare the validity of
the 5L and EQ-5D-3L (3L) in osteoarthritis patients referred to an orthopaedic surgeon for …

Background The aims of this study were to assess patients' preoperative expectations of the
outcome of total hip or knee arthroplasty (THA/TKA) regarding specific aspects of functioning …

Objective: The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis (OA)
Index is a tested questionnaire to assess symptoms and physical functional disability in …

Abstract Background and objective The EuroQol 5 dimensions 5 levels (EQ–5D–5L) is the
new version of EQ–5D, developed to improve its discriminatory capacity. This study aims to …

Musculoskeletal disorders affect morbidity, quality of life and mortality, and represent an
increasing economic and societal burden in the context of population aging and increased …