• The Foot · Sep 2012

    Factors associated with patient satisfaction with foot and ankle surgery in a large prospective study.

    • Jill Dawson, Irene Boller, Helen Doll, Grahame Lavis, Robert J Sharp, Paul Cooke, and Crispin Jenkinson.
    • Department of Public Health, University of Oxford and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom. jill.dawson@dph.ox.ac.uk
    • Foot (Edinb). 2012 Sep 1;22(3):211-8.

    BackgroundThere is minimal published research on outcomes and satisfaction with foot and ankle surgery.ObjectiveTo investigate patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction, and investigate which factors influence satisfaction at 9 months following foot or ankle surgery.MethodsProspective study of 671 adult patients having foot or ankle surgery. Pre-and post-surgery, patients self-completed MOXFQ, SF-36 and EQ-5D questionnaires. Using ratings to a satisfaction item, patients who were 'very pleased' with the outcome were compared with everyone else, using multiple logistic regression, regarding their pre-, peri- and post-operative characteristics.ResultsOf 628 eligible patients, 491 (73%) completed pre-and post-operative questionnaires. Following adjustment, satisfaction with surgery was influenced by patients' perceptions of their foot/ankle's appearance (OR 0.12, 95% CIs 0.06-0.23, p<0.001); wearable range of shoes (OR 0.36, 95% CIs 0.17-0.79, p=0.01); continued foot/ankle pain (OR 0.06, 95% CIs 0.03-0.14, p<0.001); impairment in Social-Interaction (MOXFQ SI scale) (OR 0.98, 95% CIs 0.96-0.99, p=0.009). The final explanatory model explained 67% of the variance in patient satisfaction.ConclusionsFoot appearance, wearable shoe range, the (full) alleviation of pain and the ability/confidence to interact socially are crucial to peoples' satisfaction with their foot or ankle surgery.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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