Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Validation study of the Forgotten Joint Score-12 as a universal patient-reported outcome measure

  • Original Article • HIP - ARTHROPLASTY
  • Published:
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Purpose

The Forgotten Joint Score-12 (FJS-12) is for patients to forget their artificial joint and is reportedly a useful patient-reported outcome tool for artificial joints. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the FJS-12 is as useful as the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) or the Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hip Disease Evaluation Questionnaire (JHEQ) in Japan.

Methods

All patients who visited our hospital’s hip joint specialists following unilateral THA from August 2013 to July 2014 were evaluated. Medical staff members other than physicians administered three questionnaires. Items evaluated were (1) the reliability of the FJS-12 and (2) correlations between the FJS-12 and the total and subscale scores of the WOMAC or JHEQ.

Results

Of 130 patients, 22 were excluded. Cronbach’s α coefficient was 0.97 for the FJS-12. The FJS-12 showed a significantly lower score than the WOMAC or JHEQ (p < 0.01). The FJS-12 was moderately correlated with the total WOMAC score (r = 0.522) and its subscale scores for “stiffness” (r = 0.401) and “function” (r = 0.539) and was weakly correlated with the score for “pain” (r = 0.289). The FJS-12 was favorably correlated with the total JHEQ score (r = 0.686) and its subscale scores (r = 0.530–0.643).

Conclusion

The FJS-12 was correlated with and showed reliability similar to that of the JHEQ and WOMAC. The FJS-12, which is not affected by culture or lifestyle, may be useful in Japan.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Caton J, Prudhon JL (2011) Over 25 years survival after Charnley’s total hip arthroplasty. Int Orthop 35(2):185–188

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Hungerford MW, Hungerford DS, Jones LC (2009) Outcome of uncemented primary femoral stems for treatment of femoral head osteonecrosis. Orthop Clin North Am 40(2):283–289

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Lingard E, Hashimoto H, Sledge C (2000) Development of outcome research for total joint arthroplasty. J Orthop Sci 5(2):175–177

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Plominski J, Kwiatkowski K (2008) Cemented primary total arthroplasty for acetabular protrusion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ortop Traumatol Rehabil 10(1):26–34

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Matsumoto T, Kaneuji A, Hiejima Y, Sugiyama H, Akiyama H, Atsumi T, Ishii M, Izumi K, Ichiseki T, Ito H, Okawa T, Ohzono K, Otsuka H, Kishida S, Kobayashi S, Sawaguchi T, Sugano N, Nakajima I, Nakamura S, Hasegawa Y, Fukuda K, Fujii G, Mawatari T, Mori S, Yasunaga Y, Yamaguchi M (2012) Japanese Orthopaedic Association Hip Disease Evaluation Questionnaire (JHEQ): a patient-based evaluation tool for hip-joint disease. The Subcommittee on Hip Disease Evaluation of the Clinical Outcome Committee of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association. J Orthop Sci 17(1):25–38

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Bellamy N, Buchanan WW, Goldsmith CH, Campbell J, Stitt LW (1988) Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. J Rheumatol 15(12):1833–1840

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Seki T, Hasegawa Y, Ikeuchi K, Ishiguro N, Hiejima Y (2013) Reliability and validity of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association hip disease evaluation questionnaire (JHEQ) for patients with hip disease. J Orthop Sci 18(5):782–787

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Behrend H, Giesinger K, Giesinger JM, Kuster MS (2012) The “forgotten joint” as the ultimate goal in joint arthroplasty: validation of a new patient-reported outcome measure. J Arthroplasty 27 (3):430-436 e431

  9. Giesinger JM, Kuster MS, Behrend H, Giesinger K (2013) Association of psychological status and patient-reported physical outcome measures in joint arthroplasty: a lack of divergent validity. Health Qual Life Outcomes 11(64):64

    Article  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Beaton DE, Bombardier C, Guillemin F, Ferraz MB (2000) Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 25(24):3186–3191

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Basaran S, Guzel R, Seydaoglu G, Guler-Uysal F (2010) Validity, reliability, and comparison of the WOMAC osteoarthritis index and Lequesne algofunctional index in Turkish patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol 29(7):749–756

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Konstantinidis GA, Aletras VH, Kanakari KA, Natsis K, Bellamy N, Niakas D (2014) Comparative validation of the WOMAC osteoarthritis and Lequesne algofunctional indices in Greek patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis. Qual Life Res 23(2):539–548

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Nadrian H, Moghimi N, Nadrian E, Moradzadeh R, Bahmanpour K, Iranpour A, Bellamy N (2012) Validity and reliability of the Persian versions of WOMAC Osteoarthritis Index and Lequesne Algofunctional Index. Clin Rheumatol 31(7):1097–1102

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Cronbach LJ (1951) Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika 16(3):297–334

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Fowler J, Jarvis P, Chevannes M (2002) Practical statistics for nursing and health care. Wiley, West Sussex

    Google Scholar 

  16. Papathanasiou G, Stasi S, Oikonomou L, Roussou I, Papageorgiou E, Chronopoulos E, Korres N, Bellamy N (2014) Clinimetric properties of WOMAC index in Greek knee osteoarthritis patients: comparisons with both self-reported and physical performance measures. Rheumatol Int 2014:29

    Google Scholar 

  17. Harris WH (1969) Traumatic arthritis of the hip after dislocation and acetabular fractures: treatment by mold arthroplasty. An end-result study using a new method of result evaluation. J Bone Joint Surg Am 51(4):737–755

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Haverkamp D, Sierevelt IN, van den Bekerom MP, Poolman RW, van Dijk CN, Marti RK (2008) The validity of patient satisfaction as single question in outcome measurement of total hip arthroplasty. J Long Term Eff Med Implants 18(2):145–150

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Soderman P, Malchau H (2001) Is the Harris hip score system useful to study the outcome of total hip replacement? Clin Orthop Relat Res 384(384):189–197

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. D’Aubigne RM, Postel M (1954) Functional results of hip arthroplasty with acrylic prosthesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am 36-A(3):451–475

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Kuribayashi M, Takahashi KA, Fujioka M, Ueshima K, Inoue S, Kubo T (2010) Reliability and validity of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association hip score. J Orthop Sci 15(4):452–458

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Brokelman RB, van Loon CJ, Rijnberg WJ (2003) Patient versus surgeon satisfaction after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Br 85(4):495–498

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  23. Lieberman JR, Dorey F, Shekelle P, Schumacher L, Thomas BJ, Kilgus DJ, Finerman GA (1996) Differences between patients’ and physicians’ evaluations of outcome after total hip arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am 78(6):835–838

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Terwee CB, Bot SD, de Boer MR, van der Windt DA, Knol DL, Dekker J, Bouter LM, de Vet HC (2007) Quality criteria were proposed for measurement properties of health status questionnaires. J Clin Epidemiol 60(1):34–42

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Yilmaz O, Gul ED, Bodur H (2014) Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score-Physical function Short-form (HOOS-PS). Rheumatol Int 34(1):43–49

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Mikio Matsumoto, Tomonori Baba, Yasuhiro Homma, Hideo Kobayashi, Hironori Ochi, Takahito Yuasa & Kazuo Kaneko

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Henrik Behrend

Authors
  1. Mikio Matsumoto
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Tomonori Baba
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Yasuhiro Homma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Hideo Kobayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Hironori Ochi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Takahito Yuasa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Henrik Behrend
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Kazuo Kaneko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Tomonori Baba.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Matsumoto, M., Baba, T., Homma, Y. et al. Validation study of the Forgotten Joint Score-12 as a universal patient-reported outcome measure. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 25, 1141–1145 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-015-1660-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-015-1660-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation