NCT07527546

Turkish Adaptation of the Pediatric Quality of Recovery Scale (PedSQoR-T)

Adaptation of the Pediatric Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale to the Turkish Population (PedSQoR-T): A Validity and Reliability Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This multicenter prospective observational study aims to culturally adapt the Pediatric Quality of Recovery Scale into Turkish and to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version in pediatric surgical patients. Children aged 2 to 17 years undergoing elective outpatient or inpatient surgery under general anesthesia will be included. Postoperative recovery will be assessed using the Turkish version of the Pediatric Quality of Recovery Scale and a 0 to 100 millimeter visual analog scale, with age-appropriate child self-report or parent-proxy report.

Detailed description

This is a multicenter, prospective, observational methodological study designed to perform the Turkish cultural adaptation of the Pediatric Quality of Recovery Scale and to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version in pediatric surgical patients. The study will be conducted in tertiary care centers in Turkey among children aged 2 to 17 years undergoing elective outpatient surgery or surgery requiring postoperative hospitalization under general anesthesia. The cultural adaptation process will include forward translation, back translation, and expert review for content evaluation. Study instruments will include a personal information form, the Turkish version of the Pediatric Quality of Recovery Scale, and a 0 to 100 millimeter visual analog scale. For children aged 2 to 7 years, parent-proxy responses will be used, whereas children aged 8 years and older will provide self-reported responses. The scale and the global recovery perception assessment will be administered with reference to the participant's condition during the first 24 postoperative hours. Assessments will be performed at postoperative 24 hours and again at postoperative 2 weeks. Data will be collected by telephone for outpatient cases and by face-to-face interview for hospitalized patients. The study will evaluate construct validity, content validity, convergent validity, internal consistency, split-half reliability, and the relationship between assessments obtained at different time points.

Conditions

• Pediatric Anesthesia
• Pediatric Postoperative Recovery
• Pediatric Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Observational exposure	This is an observational validation study in which postoperative recovery questionnaires are administered to children aged 2 to 17 years, or to their parents or caregivers when appropriate, after elective surgery under general anesthesia. The study aims to evaluate postoperative recovery and assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Pediatric Postoperative Quality of Recovery Scale. No intervention is assigned by the study protocol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-10
• Primary completion: 2026-07-10
• Completion: 2026-07-25
• First posted: 2026-04-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-14

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)