The Quality of Recovery-15 Survey After Cardiac Surgery

Patient reported outcomes are becoming increasingly recognized as an important metric to determine efficacy of interventions following recovery after cardiac surgery. Quality of Recovery 15 survey is a tool that attempts to measure patients' recovery across several different domains (i.e physical, emotional and social). This tool has been validated extensively in the post operative patient population, but these studies contained only small numbers of cardiac surgery patients. This population faces unique challenges to recovery such as a longer duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU and hospital LOS, delirium, significant pain in the first 24-48 hours and post operative arrhythmias. This study aims to validate the QoR 15 in this population exclusively to determine if it is feasible, valid, reliable and responsive in this unique population.

Inclusion Criteria:all patients undergoing cardiac surgery (outpatient or inpatient surgery)Exclusion Criteria:At baseline patient screening:Patients who have severe cognitive impairment (score of 1 or 2) measured through the use of the three minute screening tool, Mini-Cog 26Patient has limited ability to complete assessment at baselineUnable to read/speak EnglishSignificant hearing impairmentsCritical state before surgery with high probability of death within 24 hoursAfter cardiac surgery, patients will be removed from further data collection if:They require a tracheostomy or 5 days of ventilation