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Table 2 Post-operative Quality of Recovery Scale (PQRS)

From: An individualised versus a conventional pneumoperitoneum pressure strategy during colorectal laparoscopic surgery: rationale and study protocol for a multicentre randomised clinical study

Domain

Variable

Score

Baseline

T15

T40

POD1

POD3

Physiologic

Blood pressure

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Heart rate

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Temperature

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Respiration

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

SpO2

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Airway

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Agitation

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Consciousness

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Physiologic

Activity on command

1–3

+

+

+

+

+

Nociceptive

Pain

1–5 Likert

+

+

+

+

+

Nociceptive

PONV

1–5 Likert

+

+

+

+

+

Emotional

Sadness/depression

1–5 Likert

+

+

+

+

+

Emotional

Anxiety/nervousness

1–5 Likert

+

+

+

+

+

Functional

Stand

1–3

+

+

+

Functional

Walk

1–3

+

+

+

Functional

Eat/drink

1–3

+

+

+

Functional

Get dressed

1–3

+

+

+

Cognitive

Name, city and DOB

TF 0

+

+

+

Cognitive

Numbers forward

TF 2

+

+

+

Cognitive

Numbers backwards

TF 1

+

+

+

Cognitive

Word task: list

TF 3

+

+

+

Cognitive

Executive memory

TF 3

+

+

+

Overall patient perspective

Ability to work

1–5

+

Overall patient perspective

Ability to perform ADLs

1–5

+

Overall patient perspective

Clarity of thought

1–5

+

Overall patient perspective

Satisfaction anaesthesia care

1–5

+

  1. Online scale to assess multiple domains of postoperative recovery over time. Timeline: T15–15 min in PACU, T40–40 min in PACU Scoring: Physiologic 1–3; Nociceptive/emotional 1–5, Likert rating scale using a faces pictorial display; Functional: Scored as 3 easily, 2 with difficulty, 1 not at all; Cognitive: Performance variability tolerance factor (TF) is applied. Participants not included in subsequent analysis if baseline scores are equal to or less than the TF PACU post-anaesthesia care unit, POD1 postoperative day 1, POD3 postoperative day 3, SpO2 blood oxygen saturation, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting, DOB date of birth, ADL activity of daily living