Table 1 Study measures to be collected
From: RECOVER-E – a mobile app for patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement: study protocol
Measure | Instrument | t0 | t1 | t2 | t3 | t4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary outcome measure | ||||||
Activities of daily living (ADL) | KOOS/HOOS subscale ADL (self-reported) | x | x | |||
Secondary outcome measures | ||||||
Pain, symptoms, Sport & Rec and quality of life | KOOS/HOOS subscales pain, symptoms, Sport & Rec and quality of life (self-reported) | x | x | |||
Pain at rest | NRS (self-reported) | x | x | x | x | x |
Pain during activity | NRS (self-reported) | x | x | x | x | x |
Preoperative anxiety and depression | HADS (self-reported) | x | x | |||
Other measures | ||||||
Usage metrics | number of user sessions, length of time participants interact with the app, content they engage with, frequency of recording self-monitoring parameters, number of awards | continuous recording | ||||
Physical activity | IPAQ (self-reported) | x | ||||
Social support | questionnaire (self-reported) | x | ||||
Physician visits post-surgery | questionnaire (self-reported) | x | ||||
Use of pain medication | medical record, questionnaire (self-reported) | x | x | x | x | |
Sex, age | medical record | x | ||||
BMI (size, weight) | medical record | x | ||||
Operated joint | medical record | x | ||||
OPS, ICD | medical record | x | ||||
Comorbidities | medical record | x | ||||
Duration of hospital stay | medical record | x | ||||
Type and duration of planned and performed rehabilitation programme | medical record, questionnaire (self-reported) | x | x | |||
Complications post-surgery | medical record, questionnaire (self-reported) | x | x | x | ||
Structural data of hospitals | ||||||
- Number of beds - Number of joint replacement surgeries performed over the past 12 months - Number of nurses in the orthopaedic departments: nurses, nursing assistants, Pain Nurses, full-time equivalent - Number of physicians in the orthopaedic departments: total number, number of orthopaedic specialists, full-time equivalent - Process quality management data for the care of patients with THR/TKR (documentation forms and guidelines, interprofessional standard operating procedures for analgesic therapy, pain management guidelines, other pain therapy guidelines, standard operating procedures for patients with THR/TKR, special contracts with other facilities and mandatory health insurance companies for structured patient care) - Regular cooperation with institutions of inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation | ||||||