Specific or general health outcome measures in the evaluation of total hip replacement: A comparison between the harris hip score and the nottingham health profile

作者：Göran Garellick, Henrik Malchau, Peter Herberts · 发表于：Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume · 年份：1998 · DOI：10.1302/0301-620x.80b4.8345 · 被引用次数：61 · 研究领域：Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty、Hip disorders and treatments、Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

We assessed 100 patients with a primary total hip replacement using the Harris hip score and the Nottingham Health Profile at one, three and five years after operation. They were derived from two prospective randomised series of cemented and uncemented replacements. Both scoring systems correlated highly and were each heavily influenced by the system of functional classification defined by Charnley. After five years both reflected the function of the implant and the general state of the patient. A higher degree of sensitivity is needed to show differences in the performance of an implant in the short and medium term. We do not yet have an ideal system of clinical assessment and the overall function must always be properly assessed.