Key result
Patient judgement of change following elective surgery correlated moderately with actual PROM change scores at one week (rs = 0.512, p < 0.001) and weakly at four weeks.
Why the study?
Obtaining pre-surgery PROM measures is not always feasible, so this study examined whether self-reports of change following elective surgery correlate with change scores from a validated PROM.
Does a single 'judgement of change' recall question post-surgery correlate with actual pre- to post-surgery PROM change scores in elective surgery patients?
Population
Elective surgery patients across 29 hospitals
Comparison
Patient judgement of change vs actual pre-to-post-surgery PROM change scores
Design
Cross-sectional study across 29 hospitals
Follow-up
Four-weeks post-surgery
Authors
Loading...
Self-reported change may proxy missing pre-op PROMs in elective surgery; leaves open prospective validation against QoR-15.
Cross-Sectional (n=4,177)
Yes
Does a single 'judgement of change' recall question post-surgery correlate with actual pre- to post-surgery PROM change scores in elective surgery patients?
Effect estimate: rs = 0.512
p-value: p=<0.001
A single 'judgement of change' recall question post-surgery correlates moderately well with actual PROM change scores at one week, supporting its use when pre-surgery PROMs are not feasible.
Morris et al. (2022) conducted a cross-sectional in Elective surgery (n=4,177). Patient judgement of change vs. Actual pre-to post-surgery PROM change scores was evaluated on Correlation between patient judgement of change and actual change score at one-week (rs = 0.512, p=<0.001). Patient judgement of change following elective surgery correlated moderately with actual PROM change scores at one week (rs = 0.512, p < 0.001) and weakly at four weeks.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: