| NHS PROMs Programme | Swedish Hip Quality Register (SHPR) and Swedish Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR) |
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Aim | Improving quality of care for four clinical populations; for the purpose of this study, the focus was on hip and knee arthroplasty. | Improving quality of care for people with hip and knee arthroplasty |
Launch | 2009 Launched independently from the National Joint Registry for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty which was launched in 2002 | ~ 2002 Integration of PROMs into Swedish Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Registers which were launched in 1979 and 1975 respectively |
Data collection | ||
Generic PROMs: | EQ-5D and the corresponding visual analogue scale for health-related quality of life The EQ-5D is a generic instrument developed by the EuroQoL Group and contains 5 dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain and discomfort, anxiety and depression | |
Health condition specific PROMs: | Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and Oxford Hip Score (OHS) | SHPR: no health condition specific PROM SKAR: Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) |