title: The Influence of Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes on Post-surgery Satisfaction in Cholecystectomy Patients.
abstract: Patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) and post-operative satisfaction have become a growing focus of surgical outcome evaluation and are considered key components of the movement towards patient-centred care. The aim was to compare the association of traditional clinical outcome measures and PROMs with post-surgery satisfaction in cholecystectomy patients.
  
  
  
  Patients who had undergone elective or emergency cholecystectomy for gallstone disease were sent validated PROM questionnaires, and telephone follow-up was performed in all cases. Categorical data were compared with the Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests. Satisfaction was investigated using a "top-box" approach, and multivariable logistic regression was performed for factors significantly (p < 0.05) associated with satisfaction in univariable analyses.
  
  
  
  A total of 234 patients underwent cholecystectomy between 1 March 2014 and 1 May 2014, and 147 patients (63%) completed the questionnaire. 104/147 (71%) reported being "very satisfied" with their surgical outcome. In univariable analyses, satisfaction showed significant association with an absence of hospital-recorded 30-day complications (OR = 4.11, 95% CI 1.29-13.84), but not re-attendance, readmission, or length of stay. In a multiple regression analysis, no traditional clinical outcome measures were associated with satisfaction. By contrast, self-perceived health (OR = 4.04, 95% CI 1.44-11.86), the absence of patient-reported wound pain (OR = 6.11, 95% CI 1.83-21.74), and a return to normal leisure activities (OR = 11.14, 95% CI 2.61-55.26) were associated with satisfaction.
  
  
  
  PROMs are the major determinants of patient satisfaction following cholecystectomy. When assessing outcomes following cholecystectomy, the measurement of clinical outcomes alone is inadequate and should be supplemented by the use of PROMs.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: McLean
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wigmore
authors.affiliation: Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, Scotland. ewen.harrison@ed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000071066:Patient Reported Outcome Measures; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires