Can Optimism, Pessimism, Hope, Treatment Credibility and Treatment Expectancy Be Distinguished in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Tsjitske M. Haanstra; Claire Tilbury; Steven J. Kamper; Rutger L. Tordoir; Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland; Rob G. H. H. Nelissen; Pim Cuijpers; Henrica C. W. de Vet; Joost Dekker; Dirk L. Knol; Raymond W. Ostelo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133730

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Can Optimism, Pessimism, Hope, Treatment Credibility and Treatment Expectancy Be Distinguished in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Tsjitske M. Haanstra ,

* E-mail: t.haanstra@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Claire Tilbury,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Steven J. Kamper,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Rutger L. Tordoir,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Rijnland Ziekenhuis, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands
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Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Rob G. H. H. Nelissen,

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Pim Cuijpers,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Psychology and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Henrica C. W. de Vet,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Joost Dekker,

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dirk L. Knol,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Raymond W. Ostelo

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Health Sciences and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Can Optimism, Pessimism, Hope, Treatment Credibility and Treatment Expectancy Be Distinguished in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty?

Tsjitske M. Haanstra,
Claire Tilbury,
Steven J. Kamper,
Rutger L. Tordoir,
Thea P. M. Vliet Vlieland,
Rob G. H. H. Nelissen,
Pim Cuijpers,
Henrica C. W. de Vet,
Joost Dekker,
Dirk L. Knol

Published: July 27, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133730

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