ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for knee pathology may be affected by socioeconomic factors, language barriers and time constraints in busy outpatient clinics. squat-and-smile test (SST) is an example such a that has previously been validated femur fractures. aim this study was to validate the SST against other PROMs patients with METHODS: Patients pres...

Osteoarthritis impacts 7% of the global population, affecting more than 500 million people worldwide. As populations OECD countries age, an increasing number hip and knee replacement surgeries calls for further work on assessment quality care, particularly from patients’ point view. Thirteen programmes nine participated in PaRIS Hip Knee PROMs comparative reporting 2020-21 by collecting submitt...

Introduction A patient/person-reported outcome measure (PROM) is a questionnaire that measures patient’s health self-assessment (PROs), such as pain/wellbeing. HTx Horizon 2020 project supported by the European Union lasting for 5 years from January 2019. The main aim of to create framework Next Generation Health Technology Assessment (HTA) support patient-centred, societally oriented, real-tim...

Abstract Purpose The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the trends in literature regarding surgical treatment for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS) and present which patient-reported outcome-measures (PROMs) approaches are included. Methods This conducted with PRISMA guidelines. search performed on PubMed Embase, covering studies from 1999 2020. Inclusion criteria were cli...

BACKGROUND The time between an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and ACL reconstruction (ACLR) may influence baseline knee-related and general health-related patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Despite the common use of PROMs as main outcomes in clinical studies, this variable has never been evaluated. PURPOSE To compare baseline health-related quality of life measures and the pr...

Abstract Background Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP) as identified by STOPP/START criteria is associated with poor patient outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent reduction in PIP achieved Shared Decision Making (SDM) employed pharmacists delivering, comprehensive, person-centred medication reviews part EU INTERREG-VA funded iSIMPATHY project. relationship...

Abstract Introduction Successful ALIF surgery depends upon achieving solid fusion, whilst avoiding significant complications. Herein, we present the ‘Northumbria Technique’ of combining allograft with autograft in order to achieve interbody fusion. Materials and Methods A single-surgeon series 100 consecutive patients undergoing stand-alone from 2016 2019 was studied. All had percutaneously har...

INTRODUCTION: Keloids are a burden for patients due to physical, aesthetic and social complaints. Treatment remains a challenge because of therapy resistance and high recurrence rates. Decision making in keloid treatment is difficult due to heterogeneity of the condition and the lack of comparative studies with informative outcomes. The main goal of treatment is to improve the patients’ quality...