Three and Seven Year Follow-up of Patients Reported Symptoms, Function and Quality of Life in Patients With Longstanding Hip and Groin Pain Referred to Tertiary Care. A Longitudinal Study
Three and Seven Year Follow-up of Patients Reported Symptoms, Function and Quality of Life in Patients With Longstanding Hip and Groin Pain Referred to Tertiary Care. A Longitudinal Study
In this longitudinal cohort study including young to middle aged people with longstanding hip and groin pain (LHGP) referred to tertiary care, we will collect data of patient reported symptoms, function and quality of life three and seven years after the initial contact with orthopedic surgeon.
81 physically active patients (18-55 years) with (LHGP) who were enrolled in a cross-sectional study (Diagnosis and functional limitations in the young to middle-aged physically active population with long-standing hip/groin pain: A cross-sectional study) during the period October 2014 to January 2017 will be recruited to this longitudinal cohort study.
A research coordinator will contact the patients and provide them with written and oral information about the study. Patients who accept to participate will electronically complete the following questionnaires. The same questionnaires were included at baseline, i.e., in the cross-sectional study.
Additional questions about treatment, medication, patient satisfaction and perceived change in hip function will be included.
For descriptive purposes, the mean difference (95% CI), or median (quartiles), between baseline and follow-up assessments will be used as appropriate. Separate linear regression models will be used to evaluate the change in each variable compared to baseline values.
At baseline, the following inclusion and exclusion criteria were used:
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: