title: Comparing 15D and SF-6D performance in fragility wrist and hip fracture patients in a two-year follow-up case-control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine and compare the two utility and health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) measures 15D and (SF-6D) in fragility wrist and hip fracture patients and controls, study the responsiveness of 15D and SF-6D, and examine the impact of these fractures on changes in 15D and SF-6D scores over 2 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 152 wrist fracture patients and 164 controls and 61 hip fracture patients and 61 controls with 15D and SF-6D scores were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean 15D score decreased significantly in wrist fracture patients between baseline and 2-year follow-up (P=0.003). A wrist fracture was a significant predictor of a decrease in 15D scores 2 years after fracture (B=-0.016; P=0.049), along with low body mass index (B=-0.002; P=0.009). In hip fracture patients, both 15D and SF-6D scores decreased significantly (P<0.001). A hip fracture was a significant predictor of a decrease in 15D (B=-0.060; P=0.001) and SF-6D (B=-0.096; P=0.001) scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data suggest that a fragility wrist fracture has a long-term negative effect on HRQOL, but not as strong as for fragility hip fractures. 15D seems to be more responsive than SF-6D when assessing HRQOL in patients with fragility fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway. gudrun.rohde@sshf.no
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.forename: Torbjorn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moum
authors.forename: Glenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haugeberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*