Surveys

The Quality of Recovery-15 (QoR-15) survey was offered 14 days after GO and CR surgeries to assess how the patients felt in the last 24 hours (Part A: 10 questions) and if they felt pain, nausea, anxiety, or depression in the last 24 hours (Part B: 5 questions). Answers to these questions were captured on an 11-point scale, with ratings from zero (none of the time [poor]) to 10 (all of the time [excellent]). Microsoft Excel was used to capture the data, which were then exported to SPSS, in which descriptive statistics were generated.

A 14-Day Discharge Survey (satisfaction survey) was also offered to patients 14 days after discharge from either GO or CR surgery to capture patients’ experiences with the ERAS app. The survey assessed satisfaction of the at-home postoperative program in the ERAS app. In the survey, 10 questions were asked to capture patient experience, usefulness of the app, the quality of app features, and suggestions for app improvement. Responses were exported into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and subsequently in SPSS, in which descriptive statistics were generated. Open-ended responses were themed in NVivo.