The oxford heup score : The translation and validation of a questionnaire into Dutch to evaluate the results of total hip arthroplasty

2005 
Background The evaluation of a total hip prosthesis would be most complete if the opinion of the patient, surgeon and the radiographs are combined. Disease specific patient outcome questionnaires are scarce, especially in Dutch.Methods The disease-specific 12-item questionnaire on the perception of patients with total hip replacement was translated into Dutch. We also investigated the extra value of two specific hip items, “the need for walking aids” and “sexual problems because of the hip”, four general items on overall satisfaction and one question about patient classification. The 14 hip-specific items were each scored from 1 (least difficulties) to 5 (most difficulties). The Dutch translation, the “Oxford Heup Score” (OHS) was tested on psychometric quality in a multicenter prospective study.Results The psychometric results of the OHS proved to be adequate. In the first postoperative year the score was very sensitive to changes, whereas in the second year it did not change significantly. The two added...
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