Impact of lower limb osteoarthritis on health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study to estimate the expressed loss of utility in the Spanish population.
Jesús Martín-FernándezRoberto García-MarotoAmaia BilbaoLidia García-PérezBlanca Gutiérrez-TeiraAntonio Molina-SigueroJuan Carlos ArenazaVanesa Ramos-GarcíaGemma Rodríguez-MartínezFco Javier Sánchez-JiménezGloria Ariza-CardielPublished in: PloS one (2020)
OALL has a great impact on HRQL. People with OALL perceive a utility loss of approximately 0.3 points compared to the general population without osteoarthritis, which is very high in relation to the utility loss reported for other chronic diseases and for arthritis in general.