Abstract
BackgroundObtaining patient satisfaction is a key goal of surgical treatment. It was the purpose of this study to identify pre-, peri- and postoperative factors determining patient satisfaction after shoulder surgery, quantify their relative importance and thereby allow the surgeon to focus on parameters, which will influence patient satisfaction.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 505 patients, who underwent either rotator cuff repair (n = 216) or total shoulder arthroplasty (n = 289). We examined 21 patient-specific and socio-demographic parameters as well as 31 values of the Constant-Score with regard to their impact on patient satisfaction.ResultsIn the univariable analysis higher patient satisfaction was correlated with higher age, private health insurance, light physical work, retirement, primary surgery, non-smoking, absence of chronic alcohol abuse, absence of peri- or postoperative complications, operation performed by the medical director as well as various Constant Score sub-values (p < 0.05). In the multivariable analysis absence of peri- or postoperative complications (p = 0.008), little postoperative pain (p = 0.0001), a large range of postoperative active abduction (p = 0.05) and a high postoperative subjective shoulder value (p = 0.0001) were identified as independent prognostic factors for high satisfaction.ConclusionAfter reconstructive shoulder surgery particular attention should be paid to prevention of complications, excellent perioperative pain control and restoration of abduction during rehabilitation. This study is first step towards a preoperative prediction model of a subjectively successful surgery as well as a tool to exclude irrelevant parameters in clinical routine.
Highlights
Obtaining patient satisfaction is a key goal of surgical treatment
Pursuant to our results there was no significant correlation between patients satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) (p = 0.886), gender (p = 0.238), marital status (p = 0.442), affected side (p = 0.502), dominance (p = 0.521), opposite shoulder affected (p = 0.363), nature of the injury (p = 0.139), more than 2 previous non shoulder-specific operations (p = 0.548), chronic comorbidity (p = 0.382), diabetes mellitus (p = 0.171), regular consumption of psychotropic drugs (p = 0.741) and immunosuppressive medication (p = 0.177)
The analysis of the preoperative (Constant) score identified the following factors to be associated with higher patient satisfaction: higher activities of daily living (p = 0.0001), higher preoperative subjective shoulder value (p = 0.0001) and a higher range of external rotation (p = 0.008)
Summary
Obtaining patient satisfaction is a key goal of surgical treatment It was the purpose of this study to identify pre-, peri- and postoperative factors determining patient satisfaction after shoulder surgery, quantify their relative importance and thereby allow the surgeon to focus on parameters, which will influence patient satisfaction. Subjective outcome parameters such as self-assessment of function, quality of life or patient satisfaction have become fundamental tools for outcome assessment of orthopaedic interventions [1]. There exist a few other studies with excellent quality, which examine determinants of patient satisfaction after surgery in other articulations for example the knee [20, 21]
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