Open AccessTime Trade-Off as a Measure of Health-Related Quality of Life: Long Bone Nonunions Have a Devastating Impact
Author(s) -
Patrick C. Schottel,
Daniel P. O’Connor,
Mark R. Brinker
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume/the journal of bone and joint surgery. american volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 260
eISSN - 1058-2436
pISSN - 0021-9355
DOI - 10.2106/jbjs.n.01090
Subject(s) - medicine , nonunion , humerus , quality of life (healthcare) , forearm , fibula , cohort , surgery , femur , tibia , long bone , clavicle , ulna , nursing
Long bone nonunions have an important impact on a patient's quality of life. The purpose of this study was to compare long bone nonunions with use of the Time Trade-Off direct measure to compute utility scores and to determine which nonunion anatomic location had the lowest health-related quality of life. The Time Trade-Off assesses the percentage of a patient's remaining life that the patient would be willing to trade for perfect health.