Development and validation of an instrument to predict functional recovery in tibial fracture patients: the Somatic Pre-Occupation and Coping (SPOC) questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the role of patients' beliefs in their likelihood of recovery from severe physical trauma.

Methods

We developed and validated an instrument designed to capture the impact of patients' beliefs on functional recovery from injury: the Somatic Pre-Occupation and Coping (SPOC) questionnaire. At 6-weeks postsurgical fixation, we administered the SPOC questionnaire to 359 consecutive patients with operatively managed tibial shaft fractures. We constructed multivariable regression models to explore the association between SPOC scores and functional outcome at 1 year as measured by return to work and Short Form-36 (SF-36) physical component summary and mental component summary scores.

Results

In our adjusted multivariable regression models that included pr

SUBMITTER: Busse JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3263327 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature