PURPOSE: The aim of this prospective study was to describe the course of health status (HS), health-related quality of life, and quality of life (QOL) in @entity1 with @entity174 ( @entity174 ) up to 6  months post- @entity174 . METHODS: @entity1 (n  =  171; age range 18-100  years) completed the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment instrument-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) and the Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment questionnaire (SMFA) at time of diagnosis (i.e., pre-injury status), 1  week, and 6  months post- @entity174 . Linear mixed modeling was performed. RESULTS: Interaction effects of time with treatment were detected for the WHOQOL-Bref facet Overall QOL and General health (p  =  .002) and Physical health (p  =  .003). @entity1 did not return to their pre-injury Physical health, Psychological health, and Environment 6  months post- @entity174 (p  <  .05). No effects were found for Social relationships. The SMFA subscale Lower @entity409 showed main effects for time and treatment (p  <  .0001) with full recovery at 6  months (p  =  .998). An interaction effect of time with treatment was found for Daily life consequences (p  <  .0001) with nonoperatively treated @entity1 showing full recovery (p  =  1.00), whereas surgically treated @entity1 did not (p  =  .002). CONCLUSIONS: Six months after @entity174 , @entity1 still experienced impaired physical and psychological health on the WHOQOL-Bref compared to their pre-injury status. However, @entity1 showed full recovery on SMFA Lower @entity409 , indicating that the choice of the questionnaire influences the derived conclusions. @entity174 did not affect satisfaction with social relationships.

The course of health status and (health-related) quality of life following XXXX of the lower extremity: a 6-month follow-up study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['extremity dysfunction'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['LEF', 'lower extremity fractures', 'fracture']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fracture']
