Patient Reported Outcome Measures

Researchers who implemented a system to regularly assess symptoms of patients receiving hemodialysis found that while the program demonstrated feasibility and improved physician awareness, it did not lead to reductions in symptom burden.

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many orthopedic providers to embrace virtual care as part of their daily clinical practice.

Two-thirds of patients undergoing foot and ankle surgery have higher expectations than their surgeons, according to published results.

Researchers found that scales from a leukemia-targeted patient-reported outcomes, the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Leukemia, and especially its physical well-being scale, predicted OS among patients with acute myeloid leukemia not suitable for intensive therapy, according to a presentation from ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program.

From patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials of emerging therapeutics to seeking underserved communities in the fight to eliminate hepatitis C and provide better treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, it is critical for treating physicians to remember they are treating more than a disease and its symptoms.

NEW YORK — Treatment of chronic, irreparable distal biceps ruptures with distal biceps reconstruction with soft tissue allograft yielded similar failure rates, reoperation rates and final range of motion compared with primary repair, according to results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting.

ATLANTA — Certolizumab pegol and bimekizumab were associated with improvements ranging from work productivity to disease activity in patients with spondyloarthritic conditions, according to findings presented in three abstracts at ACR/ARP 2019.

Oral health and hygiene and dietary practices may be associated with the development and severity of psoriasis, according to a study in Dermatology Online Journal.

Guideline-based registries designed by physicians, patients and information technology experts demonstrate high data completion and value, with the CONQUER registry specifically showing promise as a growing resource for studying systemic scleroderma in a longitudinal, U.S.-based population, according to data presented at the ACR/ARP 2019 Annual Meeting.

Every EFORT annual congress highlights a specific main theme that is aligned with its mission of improving patient care. Each selected overarching topic or theme is reflected in the scientific program and used as a topic that drives all discussions and exchanges onsite. For the upcoming 2020 EFORT Congress in Vienna, EFORT will put forward the need to promote harmonization and diversity within the orthopaedics and traumatology community.