1. After surgery, the overall effectiveness of your pain control medications received in hospital at relieving your pain was: | 76.0 | 21.6 | 28–100 | 87.0 | 9 | 67–100 |
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2. After surgery, the overall effectiveness of your pain control medications taken at home in relieving your pain was: | 75.9 | 21.3 | 20–100 | 80.5 | 17.4 | 44–100 |
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3. How much stress did you experience due to uncontrolled pain after your surgery? | 73.4 | 25.7 | 12–100 | 77.0 | 21.5 | 26–100 |
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4. How bad were the side effects from the pain medications you used either in hospital or at home in the week after surgery (i.e., constipation, inability to void, drowsiness, nausea or vomiting, itching)? | 55.7 | 30.5 | 11–100 | 46.4 | 24.8 | 15–77 |
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5. If you used a Cryocuff icing device, did you have any difficulties operating it after surgery? | 91.1 | 13.4 | 45–100 | 95.1 | 6 | 78–100 |
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6. In your opinion, how would you rate the overall quality of the nursing care that you received in hospital? | 78.0 | 18.2 | 47–100 | 90.8 | 13.4 | 50–100 |
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7. Did you have any questions or concerns about your surgery or postoperative care that were not addressed before your surgery? | 90.9 | 9 | 75–100 | 95.5 | 4.8 | 85–100 |
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8. Do you feel that all of your questions regarding postoperative care were answered after your surgery (i.e., before discharge from hospital)? | 85.0 | 21.9 | 4–100 | 93.9 | 5.9 | 80–100 |
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9. Did you feel that you were given enough information to know what to expect after you were discharged from hospital in terms of your recovery, rehabilitation, physiotherapy, dressing changes, etc.? | 76.6 | 24.7 | 16–100 | 89.0 | 97.6 | 71–100 |
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10. Do you feel strongly that you should have been kept in hospital longer to recover from your operation? | 87.6 | 23.3 | 9–100 | 93.5 | 7.2 | 80–100 |
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11. Did you receive adequate feedback from your surgeon regarding the results of your surgery (i.e., in the recovery room, ward) ? | 80.0 | 23.1 | 1–100 | 91.7 | 10.9 | 60–100 |
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12. Was your surgeon available and easily accessible if you needed him or her after your surgery? | 81.6 | 14.5 | 50–100 | 87.3 | 17.2 | 53–98 |
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13. How peaceful and restful were your surroundings (either hospital ward or home) the first night after surgery? | 54.5 | 35.8 | 0–98 | 75.2 | 28.3 | 18–100 |
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14. Did you feel that your surroundings (ward or home) gave you an adequate amount of personal privacy the first night after surgery? | 72.3 | 28.3 | 0–100 | 85.7 | 21.2 | 25–100 |
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15. Overall, I would rate the quality of care that I received before surgery as: | 86.8 | 18.9 | 18–100 | 89.9 | 11.5 | 57–100 |
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16. Overall, I would rate the quality of care that I received after surgery as: | 79.1 | 16.5 | 35–99 | 91.0 | 12.3 | 56–100 |
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17. Considering all factors (i.e., preoperative teaching, nursing, doctors, hospital) how satisfied were you as a patient with the reconstruction surgery, from the time you first met your surgeon and including up until the second week after your surgery? (This question does not relate to your knee function per se.) | 87.7 | 10.8 | 54–100 | 93.5 | 6.5 | 75–100 |
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18. How strongly would you feel about recommending this procedure (ACL reconstruction) to a friend or family member? | 81.2 | 16.1 | 50–100 | 88.1 | 12.4 | 57–100 |
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19. If you had a choice, how willing would you be to have this procedure (ACL reconstruction) done again under the same circumstances? | 83.9 | 27.5 | 2–100 | 85.0 | 11.9 | 59–100 |