Health-Related Quality of Life Following Operative Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fractures

Abstract

As is the case in many other areas, social factors may be important determinants of outcome in patients with traumatic fractures. Optimal orthopedic care may involve attention to modifiable risk factors, including smoking and alcohol consumption.

Patient coping and expectations about recovery predict the development of chronic post-surgical pain after traumatic tibial fracture repair

“…The SF-36 has been validated in surgical and non-surgical populations and demonstrates good validity, reliability, and internal consistency. [23][24][25] Questions seven and eight of the SF-36 capture information regarding the degree of bodily pain and interference of pain with daily activities during the last four weeks before survey completion. Pain must be present for ≥2 months after surgery to meet the International Association for the Study of Pain's (IASP's) definition of CPSP 26 ; however, we believe that patients are more likely to be concerned about pain that persists for longer periods of time.…”

Functional Outcome Following Operative Treatment of Ankle Fractures

“…Smoking history, presence of a medial malleolar fracture and lower levels of education were significant independent predictors of lower physical function upto 3 months postoperation. 17 Hancock et al in 2005 conducted a prospective cohort study on prediction of outcome after ankle fracture and concluded that fractures managed surgically tended to have poorer outcomes.…”

Assessment of Differential Item Functioning for Demographic Comparisons in the MOS SF-36 Health Survey

“…The individual scales and summary measures have been widely used as outcome measures in research [2][3][4][5][6][7] and have been recommended for use in population surveys [1,8]. The SF-36 has been shown to be a reliable and valid instrument in many different populations [9][10][11][12][13][14].…”