Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Arthroplasty - Hip
Abstract number: 23652
THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE DUTCH SELF-REPORTED HARRIS
HIP SCORE AFTER TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY.
Huub VAN DER HEIDE, Bart BOESENACH, Hakim BENALI, Rob NELISSEN
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden (NETHERLANDS)
Background: The Harris Hip Score (HHS) is a widely used standardized outcome
instrument in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA). A self-administered version could give the
possibility to save time and improve the effectiveness of clinical follow up in THA.
Methods: A Harris Hip Score was obtained from 80 patients at a routine clinical follow
up by a physician. These patients completed the newly created self reported HHS 2
and 4 weeks after their clinical follow up together with a HOOS and RAND-36
questionnaire. The agreement, correlation and test-retest reliability between the 2
versions of the HHS and the Quality of Life questionnaires was established.Results:
A good agreement was established between the total scores of the self-reported and
physician administered version of the HHS. The correlation between the self-reported
HHS and the Quality of Life questionnaires was good as was the test-retest reliability
for the two versions of the HHS. Conclusion: The newly created, self-reported version
of the HHS is a valid and reliable standardized outcome instrument and as such is a
good alternative for the physician-administered version. This could save time and
improve the efficacy of clinical follow up.
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