Are responders to patient health surveys representative of those invited to participate? An analysis of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Pilot from the Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are commonly used to evaluate surgical outcome in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery, however routine collection from the target population is often incomplete. Representative samples are required to allow inference from the sample to the population. Although higher capture rates are desired, the extent to which this improves the representativeness of the sample is not known. We aimed to measure the representativeness of data collected using an electronic PROMs capture system with or without telephone call follow up, and any differences in PROMS reporting between electronic and telephone call follow up.

Methods

Data from a pilot PROMs program within a large national joint replacement registry were examined. Tele

SUBMITTER: Harris IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253407 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature