Changes in quality of life after elective surgery: an observational study comparing two measures.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Our main objective was to compare the change in a validated quality of life measure to a global assessment measure. The secondary objectives were to estimate the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) and to describe the change in quality of life by surgical specialty.

Methods

This prospective cohort study included 7902 adult patients undergoing elective surgery. Changes in the Veterans RAND 12-Item Health Survey (VR-12), composed of a physical component summary (PCS) and a mental component summary (MCS), were calculated using preoperative and postoperative questionnaires. The latter also contained a global assessment question for quality of life. We compared PCS and MCS to the global assessment using descriptive statistics and weighted kappa. MCID was calcul

SUBMITTER: Kronzer VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309881 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature