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Summary of outcome measurements |
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| Primary Outcomes |
Measurement instrument |
Time point |
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| PPC |
8 point item score (see Table 3) |
Postop daily to discharge |
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| Secondary Outcomes |
Measurement instrument |
Time point |
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| LOS |
Retrospective from patient information database |
At discharge |
| SPADI |
13 items scored on 11 point Likert scale |
Preop, at discharge, 1 month postop, 3 months postop |
| ROM of shoulder flexion, elevation through abduction and external rotation (subgroup) |
Plurimeter – V inclinometer |
Preop, at discharge, 1 month postop, 3 months postop |
| MMS of shoulder abduction, flexion and internal rotation (subgroup) |
Hand held dynamometer (Lafayette Instruments) |
Preop, 1 month postop, 3 months postop |
| HRQoL |
Short Form 36 v2 (NZ) |
Preoperative, 1 month postop, 3 months postop |
| Pain |
Body charts and verbal rating scale (end descriptors 0 = no pain and 10 = worst pain possible) |
Preop, at discharge, 1 month postop, 3 months postop |
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Key : HRQoL – Health related quality of life, LOS – length of postoperative hospital stay, MMS – muscle strength, NZ – New Zealand, Postop – postoperative, PPC – postoperative pulmonary complication, Preop – preoperative, ROM – range of movement, SPADI – shoulder pain and disability index. | ||
Reeve et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2008 3:48 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-3-48 |
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