Does body mass index affect the rate of adverse outcomes in total hip and knee arthroplasty? A retrospective review of a total joint replacement database
A 3i hip fracture liaison service with nurse and physician co-management is cost-effective when implemented as a standard clinical program
Use of recommended non-surgical knee osteoarthritis management in patients prior to total knee arthroplasty: A cross-sectional study
The voice of patients in system redesign: A case study of redesigning a centralized system for intake of referrals from primary care to rheumatologists for patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis.
The Osteoarthritis Crisis in Alberta: Access, Quality, and Long-term Planning
The Influence of Allowable Refill Gaps on Detecting Long-Term Opioid Therapy: An Analysis of Population-Based Administrative Dispensing Data Among Patients with Knee Arthritis Awaiting Total Knee Arthroplasty
The EQ-5D-5L Is Superior to the -3L Version in Measuring Health-related Quality of Life in Patients Awaiting THA or TKA
Background As a generic measure of health-related quality of life among patients awaiting THA or TKA, the three-level version of the EQ-5D (EQ-5D-3L), which has three response levels of severity (no problems, some problems, and extreme problems/unable) to five questions, is widely used. Previous studies indicated that the ceiling effect of the EQ-5D-3L limits its […]
Solution model for enhancing the experiences of urban First Nations and Metis Patients accessing and navigating the health system for inflammatory arthritis care
Responsiveness of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L in patients following total hip or knee replacement.
To examine the responsiveness of the EQ-5D-3L and EQ-5D-5L among total hip/knee replacement (THR/TKR) patients.|The EQ-5D (3L or 5L) and Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) have been routinely administered to all THR/TKR patients before and at 3 months after surgery in Alberta, Canada, since 2010. Patients were included in this analysis if […]
Qualitative Study to elicit patients’ and primary care physicians’ perspectives on the use of a self-management mobile health application for knee osteoarthritis.
Objective To elicit perspectives of family physicians and patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) on KOA, its treatment/management and the use of a mobile health application (app) to help patients self-manage their KOA.Design A qualitative study using Cognitive Task Analysis for physician interviews and peer-to-peer semistructured interviews for patients according to the Patient and Community Engagement […]
