PMID- 27635222
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160916
LR  - 20201215
IS  - 2046-1402 (Print)
IS  - 2046-1402 (Electronic)
IS  - 2046-1402 (Linking)
VI  - 5
DP  - 2016
TI  - Assessing change in patient-reported quality of life after elective surgery: 
      protocol for an observational comparison study.
PG  - 976
LID - 10.12688/f1000research.8758.1 [doi]
LID - 976
AB  - Despite their widespread use, the two main methods of assessing quality of life 
      after surgery have never been directly compared. To support patient 
      decision-making and study design, we aim to compare these two methods. The first 
      of these methods is to assess quality of life before surgery and again after 
      surgery using the same validated scale. The second is simply to ask patients 
      whether or not they think their post-operative quality of life is better, worse, 
      or the same. Our primary objective is to assess agreement between the two 
      measures. Secondary objectives are to calculate the minimum clinically important 
      difference (MCID) and to describe the variation across surgical specialties. To 
      accomplish these aims, we will administer surveys to patients undergoing elective 
      surgery, both before surgery and again 30 days after surgery. This protocol 
      follows detailed guidelines for observational study protocols.
FAU - Kronzer, Vanessa L
AU  - Kronzer VL
AD  - Department of Anesthesia, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, 
      MO, 63110, USA.
FAU - Jerry, Michelle R
AU  - Jerry MR
AD  - Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Canton, MI, 48188, USA.
FAU - Avidan, Michael S
AU  - Avidan MS
AD  - Department of Anesthesia, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, 
      MO, 63110, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - UH2 AG050312/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - UL1 TR000448/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160524
PL  - England
TA  - F1000Res
JT  - F1000Research
JID - 101594320
PMC - PMC5017283
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - outcome assessment
OT  - postoperative period
OT  - quality of life
OT  - surgical procedures
COIS- No competing interests were disclosed.
EDAT- 2016/09/17 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/17 06:01
PMCR- 2016/05/24
CRDT- 2016/09/17 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/09/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/05/24 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.12688/f1000research.8758.1 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - F1000Res. 2016 May 24;5:976. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8758.1. eCollection 
      2016.