Abstract Background Globally, registered nurses (RNs) are increasingly working in primary
care interdisciplinary teams. Although existing literature provides some information about …

Total joint arthroplasty is performed to decreased pain, restore function and productivity and
improve quality of life. One-year implant survivorship following surgery is nearly 100%; …

Purpose Results of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly used to
inform healthcare decision-making. Research has shown that response shift can impact …

Abstract Background Patient reported outcomes (PROs) provide information on a patient's
health status coming directly from the patient. Measuring PROs with patient reported …

Multimorbidity, the simultaneous presence of multiple health conditions in an individual, is
an increasingly common phenomenon globally. The systematic assessment of the quality of …

Background PROMs were originally developed for use in clinical effectiveness research as a
means to incorporate patient's voice in the assessment of clinical interventions [2] …

Abstract Background The use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) in clinical
practice has the potential to promote patient-centred care and improve patients' quality of …

Aims Routinely collected patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have been useful to
quantify and quality-assess provision of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee …

Background It is becoming increasingly common to publish information about the quality and
performance of healthcare organisations and individual professionals. However, we do not …

Abstract Background The Swedish National Quality Registries (NQRs) contain individual-
level health care data for specific patient populations, or patients receiving specific …