Validation of the postoperative Quality of Recovery-15 questionnaire after emergency surgery and association with quality of life at three months.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) tool, validated for measuring postoperative recovery following scheduled surgeries, has not been psychometrically assessed in emergency contexts. Moreover, the QoR-15's associations with long-term outcomes remain underexplored. This study aimed to confirm the validity and reliability of the QoR-15 following emergency surgery and assess its association with three-month postoperative quality of life.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study (August 2021-April 2022) on adult patients who underwent emergency surgery. The QoR-15 questionnaire was administered before surgery (H0) and at 24 hr (H24) and 48 hr (H48) after surgery. We examined the H24 score's associations with both the three-month quality of life, as assessed by the

SUBMITTER: Le Bescond V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11026244 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature