Electronic forms of data collection have gained interest in recent years. In orthopaedics, little is known about patient preference regarding pen-and-paper or electronic questionnaires. We aimed to determine whether patients undergoing total hip (THR) or total knee replacement (TKR) prefer pen-and-paper or electronic questionnaires and to identify variables that predict preference for electronic questionnaires.We asked patients who participated in a multi-centre cohort study investigating improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after THR and TKR using pen-and-paper questionnaires, which mode of questionnaire they preferred. Patient age, gender, highest completed level of schooling, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, indication for joint replacement and pre-operative HRQoL were compared between the groups preferring different modes of questionnaire. We then performed logistic regression analyses to investigate which variables independently predicted preference of electronic questionnaires.A total of 565 THR patients and 387 TKR patients completed the preference question. Of the THR patients, 81.8

作者：J C, Keurentjes；M, Fiocco；C, So-Osman；R, Ostenk；A W M M, Koopman-Van Gemert；R G, P?ll；R G H H, Nelissen

来源：Bone & joint research 2013 年 2卷 11期