Blake V, Charlson ME, Mancuso CA, Peterson MG, Allegrante JP, Robbins L, Johanson NA, Ranawat CS.
AHSR FHSR Annu Meet Abstr Book. 1995; 12: 111.
School of Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVES. This paper details the results of a population-base survey of those who are not planning hip surgery. The self-reported symptomatology is compared to that of hip replacement patients in an academic hospital. DATA AND METHODS. The severity of symptoms was rated using the Hip Rating Questionnaire, HRQ, a valid, reliable and responsive instrument, with scores ranging from 0 to 100 and with higher scores representing better function. There are four domains: global assessment, pain, walking and function, each scored from 0 to 25. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. A total of 113 individuals over the age of 65 years with hip pain who had not had hip surgery were identified in the population. Their average HRQ was 63.2 + or - 9.0 and their average age was 76.6 + or - 7.8 years. Their domain scores were as follows: global assessment 12.0 + or - 4.8, pain 13.8 + or - 5.5, walking 18.3 + or - 4.4 and function 19.0 + or - 3.6. Twenty-two were Spanish-speaking, fifty-two self-identified as African-American and thirty-nine identified as Caucasians. The comparison group of 157 patients pre-operation had an average HRQ of 56.0 + or - 14.1 and an average age 71.6 + or - 4.9. Their domain scores were as follows: global assessment 10.0 + or - 6.7, pain 10.6 + or - 4.1, walking 15.3 + or - 4.1 and function 20.1 + or - 3.1. These patients were 98% Caucasian. IMPLICATIONS FOR AUDIENCE. These results indicate that individuals in the population have arthritis as severe as those awaiting total hip replacement. The current health system leaves individuals underserved and in pain.
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Keywords:
- Arthritis
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
- Humans
- Pain
- Pain Clinics
- Pain Measurement
- Questionnaires
- Walking
- methods
- surgery
- hsrmtgs
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UI: 102215630
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