Open AccessWhat Are the Minimal and Substantial Improvements in the HOOS and KOOS and JR Versions After Total Joint Replacement?
Author(s) -
Stephen Lyman,
Yuo Yu Lee,
Alexander S. McLawhorn,
Wasif Islam,
Catherine H. MacLean
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000456
Subject(s) - medicine , minimal clinically important difference , osteoarthritis , prom , physical therapy , joint replacement , oxford knee score , viscosupplementation , quality of life (healthcare) , arthroplasty , patient reported outcome , knee replacement , sports medicine , gold standard (test) , surgery , randomized controlled trial , alternative medicine , nursing , pathology , intra articular , obstetrics
Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are a gold standard for measuring therapeutic outcomes in research. Extending their use to inform clinical care decisions, determine the appropriateness of therapeutic choices, and assess healthcare quality is attractive but will require our professional community to establish valid estimates of minimal and substantial clinical improvements.