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Quality of life assessment in musculo-skeletal health
Beaudart, Charlotte; Biver, Emmanuel; Bruyère, Olivier et al.
2018In Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 30 (5), p. 413-418
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Keywords :
Quality of life; Musculo-skeletal health; Sarcopenia; Osteoporosis; Osteoarthritis; Frailty
Abstract :
[en] Musculoskeletal disorders affect morbidity, quality of life and mortality, and represent an increasing economic and societal burden in the context of population aging and increased life expectancy. Improvement of quality of life should be one of the priorities of any interventions to prevent and treat musculoskeletal disorders in the ageing population. Two main approaches, namely generic and disease-specific instruments, can be applied to measure health-related quality of life. Among the generic tools available in scientific literature, the short form 36 questionnaire (SF-36) and the Euroqol five item questionnaire (EQ-5D) are two of the most popular questionnaires used to quantify the health related quality of life in people with musculoskeletal disorders. However, because generic tools may not always be able to detect subtle effects of a specific condition on quality of life, a specific tool is highly valuable. Specific tools improve the ability to clinically characterize quality of life in subjects with a specific musculoskeletal disorder, as well as the capacity to assess changes over time in the QoL of these subjects. The recent development of specific tools should help to validate preventive and therapeutic interventions in this field.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Geriatrics
Author, co-author :
Beaudart, Charlotte ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Epidémiologie clinique
Biver, Emmanuel
Bruyère, Olivier  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Cooper, Cyrus
Al-Daghri, Nasser
Reginster, Jean-Yves  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique, Epidémiologie et Economie de la santé
Rizzoli, René
Language :
English
Title :
Quality of life assessment in musculo-skeletal health
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
ISSN :
1594-0667
eISSN :
1720-8319
Publisher :
Springer, Italy
Volume :
30
Issue :
5
Pages :
413-418
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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