PMID- 32703550 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201009 LR - 20201009 IS - 1471-6771 (Electronic) IS - 0007-0912 (Linking) VI - 125 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Oct TI - Validation and clinical utility of the Korean version of the Quality of Recovery-15 with enhanced recovery after surgery: a prospective observational cohort study. PG - 614-621 LID - S0007-0912(20)30500-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.040 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The 15-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-15) scale is a validated patient-reported outcome questionnaire that measures the quality of postoperative recovery. This study aimed to validate a translated Korean version of QoR-15 (QoR-15K) in a broad range of surgical patients. METHODS: After Korean translation of the original English version of the QoR-15, we performed psychometric validation of the QoR-15K to evaluate the quality of recovery after surgery. The validity, reliability, responsiveness, and clinical feasibility of the QoR-15K were evaluated. A subgroup analysis in patients with video-assisted lung resection was performed. RESULTS: Among 193 patients, 188 (97.4%) completed the QoR-15K after surgery. We found good convergent validity between the postoperative QoR-15K and the global QoR visual analogue scale (rho=0.61, P<0.001). The negative correlation between the QoR-15K score and the extent of surgery (rho=-0.33, P<0.001), the duration of surgery (rho=-0.33, P<0.001), and the severity of postoperative pain (rho=-0.40, P<0.001) supported construct validity. The postoperative QoR-15K showed good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha=0.90), split-half reliability (0.81), and test-retest reliability (0.95; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.94-0.96). The QoR-15K score decreased from 140 (preoperative, inter-quartile range [IQR] 128-146) to 100 (postoperative day 1, IQR 75-122), median difference -36.5 (95% CI, -41 to -32.5; P<0.0001). The QoR-15K indicated excellent responsiveness with Cliff's effect size -0.78 (95% CI, -0.84 to -0.71). Subgroup analysis yielded similar results. CONCLUSIONS: The QoR-15K is valid and has excellent reliability, a high degree of responsiveness, and clinical feasibility as a metric of quality of recovery in Korean surgical population. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT04169087. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Yoon, Susie AU - Yoon S AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Joo, Hyundeok AU - Joo H AD - Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Oh, Yoo Min AU - Oh YM AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Jihye AU - Lee J AD - Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Incheon, South Korea. FAU - Bahk, Jae-Hyon AU - Bahk JH AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. FAU - Lee, Ho-Jin AU - Lee HJ AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea; Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: zenerdiode03@gmail.com. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT04169087 PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200721 PL - England TA - Br J Anaesth JT - British journal of anaesthesia JID - 0372541 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Anesthesia Recovery Period MH - Cohort Studies MH - *Enhanced Recovery After Surgery MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - *Patient Reported Outcome Measures MH - Prospective Studies MH - Republic of Korea MH - *Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Validation Studies as Topic OTO - NOTNLM OT - enhanced recovery after surgery OT - patient outcome assessment OT - patient-reported outcome measures OT - perioperative medicine OT - quality of recovery EDAT- 2020/07/25 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/10 06:00 CRDT- 2020/07/25 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0007-0912(20)30500-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.040 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Anaesth. 2020 Oct;125(4):614-621. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.06.040. Epub 2020 Jul 21.