Carol A. Mancuso, MD, Frank P. Cammisa, MD, Andrew A. Sama, MD, Alexander P. Hughes, MD, Hassan M.K. Ghomrawi, PhD, MPH, and Federico P. Girardi, MD, all participated in the study. The survey was developed through interviews with patients that had open-ended questions about their expectations of surgery; administering the survey twice to assess reliability; and selecting items based on responses and clinical relevance.
The team also developed a scoring rubric based on the number of expectations and amount of expected improvement from zero to 100. The survey is designed to assess physical and psychosocial expectations, and can be applied to diverse diagnoses.
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