Cartilage degeneration and not age influences the health-related quality of life outcome after partial meniscectomy

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether inconsistently reported factors influence the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcome of partial meniscectomy. Method Short Form 36 (SF-36) data on 216 patients were retrospectively analysed for the influence of the factors age, gend...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2015-01, Vol.23 (1), p.26-31
Hauptverfasser:	Liebensteiner, Michael C., Nogler, Michael, Giesinger, Johannes M., Lechner, Ricarda, Lenze, Florian, Thaler, Martin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Factors Arthroscopy Bone surgery Cartilage Cartilage, Articular - physiopathology Cartilage, Articular - surgery Female Gender Humans Hypotheses Knee Knee Joint - physiopathology Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Menisci, Tibial - surgery Middle Aged Multivariate analysis Orthopedics Patients Quality of Life Retrospective Studies Severity of Illness Index Variables
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether inconsistently reported factors influence the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) outcome of partial meniscectomy. Method Short Form 36 (SF-36) data on 216 patients were retrospectively analysed for the influence of the factors age, gender and degree of cartilage degeneration. Mixed linear models were applied for univariate and multivariate analyses. Results All SF-36 scales, including the psychosocial scales, showed a significant improvement from pre- to post-operative ( p
ISSN:	0942-2056 1433-7347
DOI:	10.1007/s00167-013-2478-z