Use of patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction for quality assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent focus on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) has created a new challenge as we learn how to integrate these outcomes into practice along with other quality metrics. We investigated the relationship between PROs and satisfaction among spine surgery patients. We hypothesized that there would be significant disparities between patient satisfaction and PROs at the 1-year postoperative time point.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study of adults undergoing elective lumbar spine surgery at 12 hospitals participating in the Spine Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program.

Methods

Satisfaction, pain, and function scores were collected at 1 year post operation, along with clinical information, to determine the relationship between PROs and satisfaction at t

SUBMITTER: Ehlers AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5846490 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature