Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS)

Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Measuring Recovery in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal, Thoracic, and Arthroplasty Surgery Using an Enhanced Recovery Program.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01902147
• Other study ID #: 13-141-SDR
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 15, 2013
• Last updated: September 21, 2015
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: August 2015

Study information

• Verified date: September 2015
• Source: McGill University Health Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Recovery following general anesthesia and surgery is a complex issue confounded by the type of surgery, surgical care, inflammation, different anesthetic drugs and techniques, patient co-morbidities, and differing patient and clinician perceptions of what constitutes good recovery. In this observational study, quality of recovery and patient satisfaction will be measured using the Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS). This tool includes six domains of recovery: physiological, nociceptive (pain and nausea), emotive (anxiety and depression), functional recovery (return of activities of daily living), self-assessed recovery, and cognitive recovery.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: August 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• elective major abdominal, thoracic, and arthroplasty surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• Poor comprehension of English or French

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Recovery
• Surgery

Intervention

Other:
• Postoperative Quality Recovery Scale (PQRS)
The PQRS is completed prior to surgery to provide baseline values, and then repeated at different intervals: 15 minutes, 40 minutes, 1 and 3 days, and 4-8 weeks after the completion of surgery. Recovery is broadly defined as return to baseline or better.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Montreal General Hospital	Montreal	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Franco Carli

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Royse CF, Newman S, Chung F, Stygall J, McKay RE, Boldt J, Servin FS, Hurtado I, Hannallah R, Yu B, Wilkinson DJ. Development and feasibility of a scale to assess postoperative recovery: the post-operative quality recovery scale. Anesthesiology. 2010 Oct;113(4):892-905. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181d960a9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of recovery (return to baseline or better) in the cognitive domain of the PQRS		postoperative day 3	No