Open AccessWhat Is the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Life and Other Patient-reported Outcomes? An Analysis of the Hand-Wrist Study Cohort
Author(s) -
Abigael Cohen,
Ruud W. Selles,
W.A. de Ridder,
M.H.P. ter Stege,
J. Sebastiaan Souer,
Robbert M. Wouters
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001514
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , depression (economics) , cohort , pandemic , patient reported outcome , physical therapy , covid-19 , cohort study , disease , psychiatry , nursing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and its associated lockdowns in many parts of the world, have changed our daily lives and may have a psychological impact on around the globe. However, it is unknown how this influences the patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) of patients involved in ongoing clinical research and medical care. For both the current and potential future lockdowns, it is important to determine if PROMs collected during such a period can be interpreted with confidence.