BioMed Research International

Research Article

Translation and Validation of the Korean Version of the Postoperative Quality of Recovery Score QoR-15

Table 4

Patient characteristics according to the extent of surgery.


Variable	Minor ()	Intermediate ()	Major ()	value

Age				≤0.001
Sex (male/female)	2/31	45/30	27/15	≤0.001
ASA PS class (I/II/III)	21/12/0	24/46/5	15/25/2	0.03
Duration of surgery				≤0.001
Duration of anesthesia				≤0.001
Postoperative hospital stay (days)				≤0.001
Postoperative complications within 24 h of surgery	3	13	5	0.28
Preoperative QoR-15K				0.22
Postoperative QoR-15K				≤0.001

ASA PS: American Society of Anesthesiologists performance status; QoR-15K: Korean version of QoR-15. Minor: laparoscopic abdominal surgery with minimal incision lengths and surgery on the surface of the body; intermediate: laparoscopic abdominal surgery using a hand port; major: open abdominal surgery. Data are presented as (range) or frequencies.