Abstract :
[en] Musculoskeletal disorders affect morbidity,
quality of life and mortality, and represent an increasing
economic and societal burden in the context of population
aging and increased life expectancy. Improvement of quality
of life should be one of the priorities of any interventions
to prevent and treat musculoskeletal disorders in the
ageing population. Two main approaches, namely generic
and disease-specific instruments, can be applied to measure
health-related quality of life. Among the generic tools available
in scientific literature, the short form 36 questionnaire (SF-36) and the Euroqol five item questionnaire (EQ-5D)
are two of the most popular questionnaires used to quantify
the health related quality of life in people with musculoskeletal
disorders. However, because generic tools may not
always be able to detect subtle effects of a specific condition
on quality of life, a specific tool is highly valuable.
Specific tools improve the ability to clinically characterize
quality of life in subjects with a specific musculoskeletal
disorder, as well as the capacity to assess changes over time
in the QoL of these subjects. The recent development of
specific tools should help to validate preventive and therapeutic
interventions in this field.
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