Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS)

Recovery following general anesthesia and surgery is a complex issue confounded by the type of surgery, surgical care, inflammation, different anesthetic drugs and techniques, patient co-morbidities, and differing patient and clinician perceptions of what constitutes good recovery. In this observational study, quality of recovery and patient satisfaction will be measured using the Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS). This tool includes six domains of recovery: physiological, nociceptive (pain and nausea), emotive (anxiety and depression), functional recovery (return of activities of daily living), self-assessed recovery, and cognitive recovery.

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Key information

Conditions

Surgery Recovery

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Montreal General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

elective major abdominal, thoracic, and arthroplasty surgery

Exclusion criteria

Poor comprehension of English or French

Treatment and study plan

Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS)

Other

The PQRS is completed prior to surgery to provide baseline values, and then repeated at different intervals: 15 minutes, 40 minutes, 1 and 3 days, and 4-8 weeks after the completion of surgery. Recovery is broadly defined as return to baseline or better.

Primary outcomes

Incidence of recovery (return to baseline or better) in the cognitive domain of the PQRS

Time frame: postoperative day 3

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Franco Carli

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Measuring Recovery in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal, Thoracic, and Arthroplasty Surgery Using an Enhanced Recovery Program.

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2015
Study completion: 2015
First posted: Jul 18, 2013
Registry last updated: Sep 23, 2015

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