title: Validating the Postdischarge Surgical Recovery Scale 13 as a Measure of Perceived Postoperative Recovery After Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy.
abstract: No postoperative recovery measurement tools have been validated among women undergoing laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for pelvic organ prolapse, which impedes development and testing of strategies to improve recovery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Postdischarge Surgical Recovery Scale (PSR) as a measure of perceived recovery in laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy patients.
  
  
  
  Women (N = 120) with stage 2 or higher pelvic organ prolapse undergoing laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy completed a 15-minute postoperative survey (days 7, 14, 42, and 90 [each ± 3 days]) which included the 15-item PSR. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted using data from 14 days postsurgery, when patients would have begun to recover, but there was likely to be substantial variability in recovery across patients. We also assessed validity and explored sensitivity to change over time and minimally important difference values.
  
  
  
  Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good fitting model for a reduced version of the PSR (ie, PSR13). Regressions showed that the PSR13 prospectively predicted single-item recovery scores. The PSR13 recovery significantly improved from days 7 to 42, suggesting the PSR13 is sensitive to change. Descriptive statistics including minimally important differences are reported. The minimally important difference was estimated to be around 5 points.
  
  
  
  The PSR13 is a psychometrically sound tool for measuring recovery over time in this population. Its short length makes it an ideal postoperative recovery measure in clinical practice or research.
authors.affiliation: From the *Science of Nursing Care Department, School of Nursing, †Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Indiana University; and ‡Department of Psychology, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heit
authors.forename: Chen X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hamner
authors.forename: Kevin L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000592:standards*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery; D010465:Perception; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020127:Recovery of Function; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012447:Sacrum / Q000601:surgery; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014621:Vagina / Q000601:surgery