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Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 10/2015

01.10.2015 | Editorial

Editorial—Measuring Satisfaction: Can It Be Done?

verfasst von: David Ring, MD, PhD, Seth S. Leopold, MD

Erschienen in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Ausgabe 10/2015

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The impact of orthopaedic surgery is best measured using endpoints that matter to patients. Validated outcomes tools allow us to evaluate improvements in pain intensity, magnitude of disability, and other results that are important to patients. But metrics purporting to score patient satisfaction with the results of surgery—prominent both in the media [11] and in scientific publications of late [7, 14]—can be influenced by many factors that vary so wildly from patient to patient that trying to measure this parameter is unlikely to produce anything meaningful. And the act of quantifying “satisfaction” will result in findings that are tempting to quote, but risk misleading clinicians, policymakers, and patients. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Editorial—Measuring Satisfaction: Can It Be Done?
verfasst von
David Ring, MD, PhD
Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Ausgabe 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Elektronische ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4485-5

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