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Table 4 Instruments' properties and the scores of the study population: priority and HRQOL

From: Prioritisation of patients on waiting lists for hip and knee arthroplasties and cataract surgery: Instruments validation

  

Instrument properties

Observed scores

Instruments

Procedure

Possible range

Floor effect (%)

Ceiling effect (%)

N

Mean (SD)

Minimum

Median

Maximum

Prioritisation

         

   Prioritisation instrument

Arthroplasty

100-0

0.9

0.4

785

49.4 (22.0)

0

49.0

100

 

Cataract

 

0.0

4.6

1,547

35.3 (23.0)

0

35.0

99

   Doctor's opinion on surgical priority (VAS)

Arthroplasty

10-0

0.2

0.7

881

5.9 (1.9)

0

5.9

10

 

Cataract

 

0.3

3.3

1,378

4.5 (2.3)

0

4.5

10

HRQOL

         

   HUI31

Arthroplasty

0–1

0.0

0.5

196

0.57 (0.20)

0.12

0.58

1

 

Cataract

 

0.0

2.8

569

0.69 (0.22)

0.08

0.70

1

   EQ-5D1

Arthroplasty

-0,08–1

0.6

0.6

347

0.37 (0.19)

-0.08

0.27

1

 

Cataract

 

0.0

23.0

934

0.69 (0.24)

0.01

0.70

1

   WOMAC

Arthroplasty

96-0

0.2

0.3

938

53.9 (17.6)

0

55.0

96

   Pain2

 

20-0

0.5

1.4

939

10.3 (4.0)

0

10.0

20

   Stiffness2

 

8-0

43.8

1.9

938

2.3 (2.4)

0

2.0

8

   Function2

 

68-0

0.2

0.8

939

41.3 (13.0)

0

42.0

68

   VF-14

Cataract

0–100

0.3

5.0

1,669

59.9 (25.5)

0

60.4

100

  1. HRQOL: health-related quality of life; VAS: visual analogue scale; HUI3: Health Utilities Index Mark 3; VF-14: Visual Function Index VF-14; WOMAC: Western Ontario McMaster Osteoarthritis Index.
  2. 1 The utility functions used have been adapted to the Spanish population. References 20 and 21.
  3. 2 WOMAC questionnaire dimensions.