The Validity of Patient Satisfaction as Single Question in Outcome Measurement of Total Hip Arthroplasty

作者：Daniël Haverkamp, Inger Nicoline Sierevelt, M. P. van den Bekerom, Rudolf Wilhelm Poolman, C. Niek van Dijk, R. K. Marti · 发表于：Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants · 年份：2008 · DOI：10.1615/jlongtermeffmedimplants.v18.i2.30 · 被引用次数：22 · 研究领域：Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare、Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Patient satisfaction is an important goal in orthopaedic surgery; however, it may not always reflect the surgical result that is obtained. By means of a systematic review according to the QUOROM criteria, we investigated how often satisfaction measured by a single question was used in trials reporting on the clinical outcome of total hip arthroplasty. This review showed that in 2006, 24.4% of these trials reported on satisfaction obtained by a single question. To assess the validity of satisfaction as a single question, a randomly selected group of 106 patients were questioned at an average of 15.5 years after a total hip arthroplasty (THA; range 4.2 -29.8 years). Questioning consisted of a Likert 5 scale satisfaction question and the Harris Hip Score. Satisfaction as a single question showed to have a poor construct and content validity. Despite the fact that satisfaction may be an important outcome measure, it cannot be judged as a reflection of a good result of the surgical intervention alone when evaluated using a single question.