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Table 3 Characteristics of studies

From: A systematic review of the measurement properties of patient reported outcome measures used for adults with an ankle fracture

 

Population

Article, PROM and Language

Number of participants (n)

Age mean (±, range) (yrs)

Gender (% female)

Injury Information

Follow up duration mean (±, range)

Method of Collection

Buker et al. (2018) OMAS, Turkish

91

41.54 (±13.28, 20–60)

30.8%

Operatively managed ankle #s

27.92 months (±8.94, range N/S)

Initial in clinic, follow up in clinic or on telephone

Garratt et al. (2018) OMAS, Norwegian

Cohort 959, 299 for test-retest questionnaire

57.5 (± N/S, 22.2–91.2)

56.8%

Operatively managed ankle #s

Not specified, stated recruited over a 3 year period

At home via post

McPhail et al. (2014) A-FORM, English

Delphi panel – 8

Cohort - 41

36.8 (± N/S, 26.1–53.8)

27%

Operatively managed (46.3%) and non-operatively managed (53.7%) ankle #s

6–8 week post injury and at 12–16 weeks post injury

Either in clinic or at home via post

Olerud and Molander (1984) OMAS, Language N/S

90

N/S

N/S

Operatively managed ankle #s

N/S

N/S

Turhan et al. (2018) OMAS, Turkish

100

42.3 (±17.7, 16–81)

49%

Operatively (57%) and non-operatively managed (43%) ankle #s

4.3 years (± and range N/S)

N/S

Zelle et al. (2017) AAOS, Spanish

100 (83 returned 1st questionnaire, 63 returned 2nd questionnaire)

42.98 (± N/S,18–88)

41%

58 ankle #s, 5 talus #s, 1 Achilles tendon rupture, 11 calcaneus #s, 6 midfoot #s. 73 operatively managed and 27 non-operatively managed

3.97 months (±4.71 range N/S)

Initial at clinic or via post, follow up was via post.

  1. Key: N/S = not specified, ± = standard deviation, # = fracture; shows the characteristics of the six studies included in this review. Table 4 shows the overall methodological quality for each measurement property assessed in each of the articles using the COSMIN Risk of Bias Checklist [28]. The four articles which underwent the second review process for both risk of bias assessment and data extraction, following COSMIN guidance, are marked on the table with an asterisk