Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 EuroQol results
From: Functional and quality of life outcome after non-operatively managed proximal humeral fractures
Overall | Age ≤65 | Age >65 | p valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 410 | n = 248 | n = 162 | ||
EQ-us (UK-tariff)b | 0.82 ± 0.26 | 0.85 ± 0.23 | 0.78 ± 0.28 | 0.021 |
Impairment in dimensionc | ||||
Mobility (%) | 142 (35%) | 76 (31%) | 66 (41%) | 0.038 |
Self-care (%) | 70 (17%) | 31 (13%) | 39 (24%) | 0.004 |
Usual activity (%) | 116 (28%) | 60 (24%) | 56 (35%) | 0.026 |
Pain/disorder (%) | 151 (37%) | 88 (36%) | 64 (39%) | 0.276 |
Anxiety/depression (%) | 49 (12%) | 26 (11%) | 23 (14%) | 0.272 |
VAS-scorea | 76.2 ± 16.0 | 77.9 ± 15.1 | 73.5 ± 16.4 | 0.006 |