Linguistic validation of a widely used recovery score: quality of recovery-15 (QoR-15).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The quality of recovery-15 (QoR-15) is a patient reported outcome questionnaire that measures the quality of recovery after surgery and anesthesia. The QoR-15 has been validated in many languages; Turkish version of the QoR-15 has not yet been established. The aims of this study were to translate the QoR-15 questionnaire into Turkish and to perform a full psychometric evaluation of the Turkish version.

Methods

After translating the original English version of the QoR-15 scale into Turkish, the QoR-15T scale was psychometrically validated. This process included validity, reliability, responsiveness, feasibility. The QoR-15T was evaluated before the surgery and 24 h after surgery.

Results

A total of 210 patients completed the pre- and postoperative questionna

SUBMITTER: Kara U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10381226 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature