在接受关节置换术的患者中,个体生活质量
C A O'Boyle1, H McGee, A Hickey
1Department of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin.
Lancet (London, England)
|May 2, 1992
概括
一种新方法,即个体生活质量评估时间表 (SEIQoL),科学测量患者的生活质量. SEIQoL在关节置换手术后显著改善了生活质量.
科学领域:
- 健康 结果 研究 研究 结果
- 患者报告的结果
- 医学评估工具 医疗评估工具
背景情况:
- 生活质量 (QoL) 评估对于评估治疗影响和资源分配至关重要.
- 现有的方法可能无法完全捕捉个体患者对QoL的观点.
- 需要科学验证的工具来测量个性化的QoL.
研究的目的:
- 开发和验证一种用于测量个体患者生活质量的新方法.
- 评估单边全关节置换手术对患者QOL的影响.
- 为了将新的QOL测量与传统的健康状况评估进行比较.
主要方法:
- 开发了使用判断分析评估个人生活质量 (SEIQoL) 的时间表.
- 测量患者在自我指定的生活方面的功能及其相对重要性.
- 进行了对20名关节置换患者的前性研究,并对其进行了匹配的对照,包括SEIQoL和传统的健康状况测量.
主要成果:
- 通过标准问卷测量,部置换手术显著改善了健康状况 (p < 0.001).
- SEIQoL显示,手术后单独测量的QoL显著增加 (p < 0.02).
- 患者指定的生活领域及其权重的重要性有很大差异,反映了个人的QOL经验.
结论:
- SEIQoL有效地捕捉了生活质量的个体性质.
- 开发的方法提供了一个科学严格的方法来评估个性化QOL.
- SEIQoL是一个有价值的工具,可以从患者的角度了解治疗结果.
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