Sports Medicine Surgical Quality Data: Arthroscopic Surgery for Meniscus Repair
The data below is a summary of patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery for meniscus repair at the UW Health Sports Medicine Center in 2007 and 2008.
Scores are taken from the SF-12 v2 Health Survey, a one-page questionnaire given to patients to measure health outcomes. The SF-12 v2.0 measures two summary measures and eight specific domains of health. The eight domains and their corresponding definitions are portrayed below.
A higher score indicates better health, while a lower score indicates poorer health.
Biographical Data
- Patients: 176
- Average age: 47 (range 14-81)
- Sex: 42 percent females, 58 percent males
Physical Function: The extent you are limited or able to perform daily living activities.
Role Physical: The extent you are limited when performing work or daily living activities.
Bodily Pain: The limitations placed upon you by pain you are experiencing.
General Health: An overall measure of your personal health.
Vitality: The amount of energy you have during your daily activities.
Social Function: The level of interference with social activities you experience due to physical or emotional problems.
Role Emotional: Problems you experience with work or daily activities as a result of emotional problems.
Mental Health: The extent to which nervousness or happiness affect you all of the time.
