Clinical Study

TEFTOM: A Promising General Trauma Expectation/Outcome Measure—Results of a Validation Study on Pan-American Ankle and Distal Tibia Trauma Patients

Table 3

Correlation of the TOM portion of the questionnaire with the AAOS, FAOS, and SF-36 questionnaires.

Followup
3 months6 months1 year

AAOS1420.771340.761550.69
FAOS
 Symptoms1510.611340.581560.52
 Pain1520.701340.621560.62
 ADL1520.691330.591560.57
 Sport1460.491330.531540.52
 QOL1520.641340.641560.63
SF-36 PCS1520.581340.691560.61
SF-36 PF, RP, and BP*1520.681340.731560.66

AAOS: American Association for Orthopaedic Surgeons Foot and Ankle Score; ADL: activities of daily living; BP: bodily pain; FAOS: Foot and Ankle Outcome Score; PF: physical function; PCS: Physical Component Summary; QOL: quality of life; : Pearson’s correlation coefficient; RP: role-physical; SF-36: Short Form-36 Health Survey; TEF: trauma expectation factor; TOM: trauma outcome measure.
mean of three SF-36 physical subscales (physical function, role-physical, and bodily pain).