Spanish Validation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the QoR-15E

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute242 enrolled

Overview

The satisfactory recovery of the patient after a surgery with an anesthetic request is very important for a quality and excellence assistance. The quality of recovery questionnaire QoR-15 was validated by their authors in 2013 with the study titled development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR-15. This questionnaire allows a comprehensive assessment by associating the physiological parameters until then assessed with the subjective personal perception of the patient of his state of health. With the consent of its original author, this study is carried out to validate the questionnaire in Spanish and adapted to our environment.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

242

Conditions

Humans Reproducibility of Results Cross-Cultural Comparison Surveys and Questionnaires Postoperative Period Anesthetics Perception

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients over 18 years old. * Comprehensive and sign informed consent. * Knows and understands the Spanish language. * Undergo a scheduled surgical intervention under any type of anesthetic procedure from the specialties of general surgery, urology and gynecology. * Score \> 26 points in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under 18 years old. * Not having signed the informed consent. * Not knowing or understanding the Spanish language. * Surgical intervention from other specialties than general surgery, urology and gynecology. * Score \< 27 points in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Spanish version of the Quality of Recovery 15 questionnaire: The QoR-15E.

The aim of this study is to carry out cross-cultural adaptation and validate the postoperative questionnaire QoR-15 to the Spanish environment and evaluate its validity and reliability. This questionnaire consists of 15 items with a total score of 150 points where 150 points is better than 0 points for the patient.

Time frame: 1 year