Stucki G, Stucki S, Sangha O
Universitätsspital Zürich, Rheumaklinik.
Z Rheumatol. 1997 Oct;56(5):245-54. doi: 10.1007/s003930050039.
Musculoskeletal conditions usually cause pain, physical, psychological and social disability, and consequently reduce a patient's quality of life. Nowadays, it is generally accepted that patients are truly capable to assess disease consequences, if they are questioned with appropriate instruments. Models of disease and the disabling process provide the conceptual background for the measurement of disease consequences. To date, standardized assessment of outcomes with psychometrically sound instruments is commonplace in clinical trials, clinical epidemiology, economic studies, and health services research. However, standardized assessment tools are not yet widely used in clinical practice.
肌肉骨骼疾病通常会导致疼痛、身体、心理和社交功能障碍，从而降低患者的生活质量。如今，人们普遍认为，如果使用适当的工具对患者进行询问，他们确实有能力评估疾病的后果。疾病模型和致残过程为疾病后果的测量提供了概念背景。迄今为止，在临床试验、临床流行病学、经济学研究和卫生服务研究中，使用心理测量学上可靠的工具对结果进行标准化评估已很常见。然而，标准化评估工具在临床实践中尚未得到广泛应用。
