Table 3. Quality of Recovery -15 ( QoR-15) and the sum for the five different domains (with maximum score possible in parentheses) are presented in median (IQR) at the different time-points.
| QoR-15 score, (max points) | Cast
(n = 27) |
Brace
(n = 27) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Preoperative, baseline (140p)
Summary score |
114 (104-125) |
118 (109-125) |
0.34 |
| Pain (20p) | 15 (10-19) | 17 (15-17) | 0.19 |
| Physical comfort (50p) | 44 (39-48) | 46 (44-50) | 0.048 |
| Physical Independency (20p) | 15 (12-16) | 16 (14-16) | 0.97 |
| Psychological support (10p) | 10 (10-10) | 10 (10-10) | 0.53 |
| Emotional state (40p) | 33 (20-38) | 32 (27-36) | 0.92 |
|
Postoperative, 24 hours (140p)
Summary score |
128 (118-133) |
124 (118-132) |
0.31 |
| Pain (20p) | 18 (14-20) | 15 (10-18) | 0.022 |
| Physical comfort (50p) | 49 (46-50) | 48 (45-50) | 0.60 |
| Physical Independency (20p) | 16 (12-18) | 16 (12-18) | 0.99 |
| Psychological support (10p) | 10 (10-10) | 10 (10-10) | 0.15 |
| Emotional state (40p) | 38 (35-40) | 38 (36-40) | 0.79 |
|
Postoperative, 72 hours (140p)
Summary score |
127 (118-135) |
128 (125-134) |
0.72 |
| Pain (20p) | 18 (15-20) | 18 (16-19) | 0.97 |
| Physical comfort (50p) | 47 (44-50) | 49 (46-50) | 0.28 |
| Physical Independency (20p) | 15 (15-18) | 17 (14-18) | 0.77 |
| Psychological support (10p) | 10 (10-10) | 10 (10-10) | 1.0 |
| Emotional state (40p) | 38 (35-40) | 38 (35-40) | 0.90 |
|
Postoperative, 1 week (140p)
Summary score |
129 (123-134) |
131 (128-138) |
0.20 |
| Pain (20p) | 19 (17-20) | 20 (17-20) | 0.38 |
| Physical comfort (50p) | 49 (44-50) | 49 (47-50) | 0.52 |
| Physical Independency (20p) | 16 (14-18) | 18 (15-18) | 0.40 |
| Psychological support (10p) | 10 (10-10) | 10 (10-10) | 0.32 |
| Emotional state (40p) | 37 (32-40) | 38 (36-40) | 0.70 |