Quality of life following a lower limb reconstructive procedure: a protocol for the development of a conceptual framework.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lower limb conditions requiring reconstructive surgery can be either congenital or acquired from trauma, infection or other medical conditions. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are often used by healthcare professionals to assess the impact of a patient's condition (and treatment) on quality of life. However, we are not aware of any measures developed specifically for people requiring lower limb reconstructive surgery. Consequently, it is not clear the extent to which current PROMs accurately and specifically measure the outcomes that are important to these patients.

Methods and analysis

The 'PROLLIT' (Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Lower Limb Reconstruction) involves three phases: to explore what is important to patients with regard to quality of

SUBMITTER: Leggett H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733194 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature