Validation of the Quality of Recovery-40 Questionnaire Adapted for Croatian Population

Autor: Nina Sulen, Tatjana Šimurina, Milan Milošević, Miroslav Župčić, Boris Mraović
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Acta Clinica Croatica, Vol 62., Iss 3, Pp 426-435 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0353-9466
1333-9451
DOI: 10.20471/acc.2023.62.03.4
Popis: Quality of recovery after anesthesia is an important indicator of patient postoperative outcomes. Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40) is a validated and widely used multidimensional 40-item questionnaire that measures postoperative quality of recovery. The aim of this study was to perform translation and psychometric validation of the Croatian version of QoR-40, which included validity, reliability, responsiveness, and clinical acceptability. The QoR-40 and Short Form-36 (SF-36) questionnaires were administered to patients undergoing general anesthesia for elective surgery on the day before surgery and on postoperative day 3. The quality of recovery was also assessed with visual analog scale (VAS) 0-100. Of 192 enrolled patients, 162 completed the study protocol. Convergent validity assessed by Pearson correlation (r) between the QoR-40 and VAS scores was 0.68 (p
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