Perioperative medicine & outcomes

Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the quality of Recovery-15 questionnaire in a Spanish-speaking population in Colombia

BJA OpenPublished Validation study

Authors' conclusion

The QoR-15C scale for assessing the quality of recovery after general anaesthesia showed psychometric properties comparable with those of the English scale.

Study context

Population
Spanish-speaking adults in Colombia after GAadults interviewed
Participants
161 adults
Outcome
Psychometric properties of the QoR-15C (validity, reliability, responsiveness)
Methodological detailscross-cultural adaptation, psychometric validation
  • Cross-cultural adaptation
  • Psychometric validation

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Psychometric properties of QoR-15C
Test or modelCorrelation with VAS (r)Correlation with duration of surgery (r)Correlation with hospital stay (r)Cronbach's alphaLin's correlation concordance coefficient
QoR-15C0.51−0.47−0.620.740.99

QoR-15C

Correlation with VAS (r)0.51
Correlation with duration of surgery (r)−0.47
Correlation with hospital stay (r)−0.62
Cronbach's alpha0.74
Lin's correlation concordance coefficient0.99

Original publication

Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the quality of Recovery-15 questionnaire in a Spanish-speaking population in Colombia. BJA Open. Published 18 October 2023. doi:10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100231

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