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Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2003 Oct;3(5):623-36. doi: 10.1586/14737167.3.5.623.
Optimal prevention and therapy management depends upon the quality of health assessment in the field of increasingly frequent degenerative health disorders. Quality of life has increased in importance as a result of World Health Organizations' new concept of health and disease. This review addresses strategies and measurement in the quality of life assessment in osteoarthritis over the past 15 years. The authors produce an overview of valid quality of life instruments and their application on patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis, focused on the responsiveness of the tools and on the effect of different interventions. Continuous improvement of therapy and result quality must remain adjusted to the patient and must involve cost carriers in each individual situation to attain the best quality of life under the given socioeconomic conditions.
最佳的预防和治疗管理取决于在日益频繁的退行性健康障碍领域进行健康评估的质量。生活质量的重要性随着世界卫生组织对健康和疾病的新概念而增加。这篇综述讨论了过去 15 年中骨关节炎生活质量评估的策略和测量方法。作者概述了有效的生活质量工具及其在髋或膝关节骨关节炎患者中的应用，重点介绍了这些工具的反应性以及不同干预措施的效果。治疗和结果质量的持续改进必须根据患者的情况进行调整，并在每种情况下都要让费用承担者参与进来，以在既定的社会经济条件下获得最佳的生活质量。
