Purpose: To develop and validate a standardized patient satisfaction measurement tool for adult patients undergoing primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).
Methods: A 4-phase iterative process that included item generation and pilot survey development, item reduction, survey readability, and survey validation was used. To develop and validate the Hospital for Special Surgery ACL Satisfaction Survey (HSS ACL-SS), 70 patients were included in the survey development phase and 77 patients were included in the validation phase. The HSS ACL-SS was compared with other currently used ACLR outcome measures including the International Knee Documentation Committee score, Tegner-Lysholm score, Short Form 12 (SF-12) Mental Component Score, and SF-12 Physical Component Score. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, and floor and ceiling effects were assessed.
Results: The HSS ACL-SS consists of 10 items identified by patients as being important for satisfaction after ACLR. In the validation phase, the mean score on the HSS ACL-SS (of 50) among all patients was 37.9 ± 9.9 (range, 10-50). Statistically significant positive correlations were seen between the HSS ACL-SS score and the International Knee Documentation Committee score (r = 0.351, P = .002) and Tegner-Lysholm score (r = 0.333, P = .003). No statistically significant correlation was found between the satisfaction score and the SF-12 Mental or Physical Component Score. The lowest possible score (10 of 50 points) was achieved in 1 patient (1.3%) and the highest possible score (50 of 50 points) was achieved in 7 patients (9.1%), indicating no significant floor or ceiling effects of the instrument. Internal consistency for all 10 items was strong (Cronbach α, 0.995). The mean intraclass correlation coefficient between test and retest responses was 0.701, indicating moderate agreement.
Conclusions: The HSS ACL-SS is a validated and reliable patient-derived satisfaction measure with excellent psychometric properties for active adults undergoing ACLR. The results of this study show that the HSS ACL-SS may be a useful tool to measure postoperative patient satisfaction.
Level Of Evidence: Level II, development of diagnostic or monitoring criteria in consecutive patients.
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