Development and Validation of the Stanford Obstetric Recovery Checklist (STORK): A Delphi Consensus and Multicenter Clinical Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Existing patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) evaluating outpatient postpartum recovery lack content validity and were mostly not designed for this population. A Delphi process was performed, aiming to develop a patient-reported outcome measure for outpatient postpartum recovery and then evaluate it in a multicenter cohort study.

Methods

Development of the Stanford Obstetric Recovery Checklist (STORK) involved 3 phases: (1) postpartum recovery questions were identified in published reviews; (2) after institutional review board approval, 16 multidisciplinary experts and patient stakeholders participated in 3 Delphi rounds (January 11 to April 12, 2021) to select items, resulting in the development of STORK (47 items; total score range, 0-188, with 0 indicating

SUBMITTER: Sultan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12006865 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature