@Article{info:doi/10.2196/23090,
author="Nilsson, Ulrica
and Dahlberg, Karuna
and Jaensson, Maria",
title="Swedish Web Version of the Quality of Recovery Scale Adapted for Patients Undergoing Local Anesthesia and Peripheral Nerve Blockade (SwQoR-LA): Prospective Psychometric Evaluation Study",
journal="JMIR Perioper Med",
year="2021",
month="Jan",
day="15",
volume="4",
number="1",
pages="e23090",
keywords="day surgery; local anesthesia; peripheral nerve blockade; postoperative recovery; psychometric evaluation",
abstract="Background: The frequency and timing of assessing patient symptoms and discomfort during postoperative recovery are goals. Therefore, real-time recovery evaluation has been suggested to identify specific deficits in patient recovery. Objective: This study aimed to psychometrically evaluate the Swedish Web Version of the Quality of Recovery (SwQoR) Scale adapted for patients undergoing local and peripheral nerve block (SwQoR-LA). Methods: This was a secondary analysis of a psychometric evaluation of 107 patients aged ≥18 years undergoing day surgery under local or peripheral nerve block anesthesia at 4 different day surgery departments in Sweden. The SwQoR-LA, available through a mobile app called Recovery Assessment by Phone Points (RAPP), was completed daily on postoperative days 1-7. Results: Some evidence of construct validity was supported, and discriminant validity was found in 7 of 8 items related to general anesthesia. The internal consistency was acceptable (.87-.89), and the split-half reliability was 0.80-0.86. Cohen d effect size was 0.98, and the percentage of change from baseline was 43.4{\%}. No floor nor ceiling effects were found. Conclusions: The SwQoR-LA is valid, reliable, responsive, and clinically feasible for digital real-time recovery assessment of patient recovery to identify specific deficits in patient recovery and detect those patients who might benefit from a timely intervention. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02492191; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02492191 International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID): RR2-10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009901 ",
issn="2561-9128",
doi="10.2196/23090",
url="http://periop.jmir.org/2021/1/e23090/",
url="https://doi.org/10.2196/23090",
url="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33448932"
}