achilles {repolr}R Documentation

Achilles Tendon Rupture

Description

EuroQol activity scores, measured on 3 a point ordinal score scale, post-surgery for 48 patients at 3 occasions.

Usage

data(achilles)

Format

A data frame with 144 observations on the following 4 variables.

Patient
A patient identifier variable.
Treat
Post-surgery treatments are either immediate mobilisation in a carbon-fibre orthosis with three 1.5cm heel raises (1) or traditional plaster cast immobilisation (2).
Time
Recorded at baseline (1), six months (2) and one year (3) post-surgery.
Activity
ability to undertake usual activities post-surgery; this was scored by each patient as either no problem (1), some problem (2) or an inability to perform (3) usual activity (e.g. work, leisure, housework etc).

Source

Costa, M.L., MacMillan, K., Halliday, D., Chester, R., Shepstone, L., Robinson, A.H.N., Donell, S.T. (2006). Randomised controlled trials of immediate weight-bearing mobilisation for rupture of the tendon Achillis. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (British) 88-B, 69-77.

Examples

data(achilles)
str(achilles)

[Package repolr version 1.0 Index]