Perioperative medicine & outcomes

Patient-reported outcome measures-guided perioperative care versus standard of care in postoperative recovery: Randomised controlled trial in orthopaedic surgery

Eur J AnaesthesiolPublished Randomised controlled trial

Primary resultResult — go to the resultMean difference 5.5 points 95% CI 2.3–9.2

Authors' conclusion

PROMs-guided postoperative care resulted in a nonclinically relevant increase in POD 35 health status measured by the QoR-15 scale and decreased persistent opioid consumption compared with standard of care.

Study context

Population
Adults admitted for osteoarticular surgery, tertiary French university hospital
Participants
280 adults
Comparison
Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs)-guided perioperative care vs usual care
Primary endpoint
Change in modified French QoR-15 between preoperative period and POD 35 (MCID 6 points)
Follow-up
POD 35
Methodological detailssingle centre, prospective, open, pragmatic, Bayesian analysis
  • Single centre
  • Prospective
  • Open
  • Pragmatic
  • Bayesian analysis

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Mean difference

5.5 points

95% CI 2.3–9.2

Experimental vs Control
mean difference 5.5 points (95% CI 2.3–9.2)

Secondary outcomes

Persistent opioid consumption · 5 weeks

Persistent opioid consumption — Probability that RR of persistent opioid consumption is less than 1
97.4%

Original publication

Patient-reported outcome measures-guided perioperative care versus standard of care in postoperative recovery: Randomised controlled trial in orthopaedic surgery. Eur J Anaesthesiol. Published 9 June 2026. doi:10.1097/eja.0000000000002429

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