Spanish Validation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the QoR-15E

Spanish Validation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the QoR-15 Post-anesthetic Recovery Quality Questionnaire: The QoR-15E

The satisfactory recovery of the patient after a surgery with an anesthetic request is very important for a quality and excellence assistance. The quality of recovery questionnaire QoR-15 was validated by their authors in 2013 with the study titled development and psychometric evaluation of a postoperative quality of recovery score: the QoR-15. This questionnaire allows a comprehensive assessment by associating the physiological parameters until then assessed with the subjective personal perception of the patient of his state of health. With the consent of its original author, this study is carried out to validate the questionnaire in Spanish and adapted to our environment.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 years old.
• Comprehensive and sign informed consent.
• Knows and understands the Spanish language.
• Undergo a scheduled surgical intervention under any type of anesthetic procedure from the specialties of general surgery, urology and gynecology.
• Score > 26 points in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients under 18 years old.
• Not having signed the informed consent.
• Not knowing or understanding the Spanish language.
• Surgical intervention from other specialties than general surgery, urology and gynecology.
• Score < 27 points in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) test.