Table 5.

Pre- and postoperative values in 68 patients operated on due to hindfoot or ankle disorders, with responsiveness expressed as effect size (ES) and standardized response mean (SRM). Data are presented as mean with 95% confidence interval. Due to missing answers in some questionnaires, the numbers of fully filled questionnaires are presented in the left-hand column (n)

Questionnaire	Preoperatively, mean	Postoperatively, mean	ES (95% CI)	SRM (95% CI)
SEFAS (n = 70)	20	29	1.05 (0.77–1.33)	0.99 (0.71–1.27)
FAOS (n = 74)
Pain	52	72	0.90 (0.66–1.14)	1.09 (0.83–1.35)
Symptoms	53	64	0.48 (0.27–0.69)	0.57 (0.35–0.79)
ADL	60	77	0.85 (0.62–1.08)	1.04 (0.79–1.29)
Sport/Recreation	20	35	0.70 (0.44–0.96)	0.57 (0.32–0.82)
Quality of life	22	46	1.57 (1.24–1.90)	1.18 (0.89–1.47)
EQ-5D (n = 72)	0.54	0.69	0.57 (0.28–0.86)	0.50 (0.21–0.79)
VAS (n = 67)	65	72	0.34 (0.06–0.62)	0.30 (0.02–0.58)
SF-36 (n = 73)
Physical functioning (PF)	40	56	0.73 (0.51–0.95)	0.83 (0.60–1.06)
Role limitations, physical (RP)	26	45	0.51 (0.24–0.78)	0.42 (0.16–0.68)
Bodily pain (BP)	41	57	0.73 (0.47–0.99)	0.62 (0.37–0.87)
General health (GH)	68	68	0.02 (–0.15 to 0.19)	0.03 (–0.14 to 0.20)
Vitality (VT)	54	62	0.35 (0.15–0.55)	0.45 (0.25–0.65)
Social functioning (SF)	71	78	0.24 (0.02–0.46)	0.27 (0.05–0.49)
Role limitation, emotional (RE)	57	68	0.24 (0.02–0.46)	0.25 (0.03–0.47)
Mental health (MH)	74	78	0.20 (0.00–0.40)	0.24 (0.04–0.44)