Decline in Health-Related Quality of Life reported by more than half of those waiting for joint replacement surgery: a prospective cohort study.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2011 · PMC3121657 · PMID 21605398

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Additionally, as the sample reported, on average, very poor HRQoL at baseline, the net effect of RTM should have produced an overall trend towards improvement in HRQoL; in contrast, HRQoL deteriorated significantly from baseline to preadmission.

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