Development of a patient-reported outcome measure for gastrointestinal recovery after surgery (PRO-diGI).

ABSTRACT:

Background

After major abdominal surgery, patients may experience significant gastrointestinal dysfunction, including postoperative ileus. Many clinical tools are used to measure this dysfunction, but there is no patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) specific to this group. The aim of this study was to develop a new PROM for this common condition.

Methods

A four-stage approach was undertaken. Stage 1 used semi-structured interviews with 29 patients to explore experiences of gastrointestinal recovery and develop a draft questionnaire. Stage 2 solicited feedback from 18 patients and 15 clinical experts on the face validity of the proposed tool using the Questionnaire on Questionnaires (QQ-10). Stage 3 recruited 297 patients to complete the questionnaire. Principal component

SUBMITTER: Lee MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11983275 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature