Evaluation of utility in shoulder pathology: Correlating the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons and Constant scores to the EuroQoL

Table 1 Patient demographics

Patient	Gender	Age (yr)	Diagnosis
1	Female	48	Rotator cuff
2	Female	56	Rotator cuff, labral tear
3	Male	66	Arthritis
4	Female	30	Labral tear
5	Male	48	Rotator cuff
6	Female	52	Rotator cuff, labral tear
7	Female	56	Rotator cuff
8	Female	52	Adhesive capsulitis
9	Male	38	Impingement
10	Female	25	Instability
11	Female	50	Rotator cuff
12	Female	69	Rotator cuff
13	Female	35	Impingement
14	Female	44	SC subluxation
15	Female	71	Rotator cuff
16	Male	30	Labral tear
17	Female	51	Rotator cuff
18	Female	48	Impingement
19	Male	68	Rotator cuff
20	Male	52	Rotator cuff, biceps
21	Female	73	Arthritis
22	Male	32	Rotator cuff
23	Male	38	Arthritis
24	Female	25	Instability
25	Female	58	Rotator cuff
26	Male	36	Unknown
27	Male	38	Arthritis
28	Female	63	Rotator cuff
29	Male	52	Rotator cuff
30	Male	59	Arthritis

Rotator cuff: Rotator cuff pathology; Biceps: Biceps tendon pathology; SC: Sternoclavicular joint pathology.

Table 2 Outcome instrument data presented by diagnosis

	n	ASES mean (SD)	ASES range	Constant mean (SD)	Constant range	EQ-5D mean (SD)	EQ-5D range
Adhesive capsulitis	1	58.51	1	58.01	1	0.8271	1
Arthritis	5	59.0 (8.3)	49.2-70.8	56.8 (19.2)	32.2-76.0	0.720 (0.086)	0.597-0.827
Biceps tendon2	1	30.81	1	51.71	1	0.8161	1
Impingement	3	40.5 (6.3)	33.3-45.0	67.0 (10.0)	55.7-75.0	0.705 (0.038)	0.678-0.748
Instability	2	51.7 (28.3)	71.7-31.7	56.4 (39.0)	28.8-84.0	0.797 (0.042)	0.767-0.827
Labral tear2	4	74.0 (16.0)	54.2-93.3	77.0 (8.8)	64.7-83.8	0.864 (0.090)	0.813-1.000
Rotator cuff	15	54.7 (18.8)	28.7-93.3	57.9 (20.8)	26.0-85.0	0.783 (0.133)	0.416-1.000
SC subluxation	1	46.71	1	69.61	1	0.6781	1
Unknown	1	78.71	1	83.01	1	0.8161	1

¹Insufficient data to calculate.

² Some or all of the subjects within this diagnosis also had rotator cuff pathology. ASES: American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; SC: Sternoclavicular joint; Biceps: Biceps tendon pathology; Rotator cuff: rotator cuff pathology.