title: Is the Patient Outcomes Of Surgery (POS)-Hand/Arm questionnaire a reliable, valid and responsive measurement of patient-based outcomes in hand and upper limb surgery?
abstract: The purpose of our study was to evaluate a new region-specific outcome measure in hand and upper limb surgery: the Patient Outcomes of Surgery (POS)-Hand/Arm questionnaire using the generic Short Form Health Survey (SF)-36 questionnaire as a 'gold standard' comparative measure. The POS-Hand/Arm preop questionnaire and the SF-36 questionnaire were completed by 214 patients on the day of their hand or upper limb surgery; and a postop POS-Hand/Arm and the SF-36 questionnaire were completed by patients 3 months after their initial surgery. The POS-Hand/Arm questionnaire responses were psychometrically evaluated and it was shown to have high internal consistency; high total-item correlations; signification scale correlations with the SF-36; and a low proportion of missing data. The POS-Hand/Arm questionnaire is a psychometrically sound instrument that can be used pre- and post-surgery to evaluate patient-based outcomes for a wide range of conditions in hand and upper limb surgery.
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK. annabelscott@doctors.org.uk
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Scott
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Musa
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Al-Hassani
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: Jones
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Hobson
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001132:Arm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult