A Dutch Translation of the Hospital for Special Surgery Shoulder Expectation Survey (HSS-ES) for Preoperative Assessment in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Patients

Keywords:

Patient expectations, Total shoulder arthroplasty, Translation procedure, Self-reported outcome measures


Published online: Jan 24 2025

https://doi.org/10.52628/90.4.13505

Anke CLAES1, Olivier VERBORGT1,2,3, Eva VAN DIJCK1, Jinse BROSENS1, Femke KENIS1, Filip STRUYF1

1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
3 Antwerp Orthopaedic Center, MORE Foundation, AZ Monica, 2100 Deurne, Belgium

Abstract

To date, no Dutch questionnaire exists to administer preoperative patient expectations in patients scheduled to undergo a total shoulder arthroplasty. The aim of this study is to develop a Dutch translation of the Hospital for Special Surgery Expectations Survey using a standardized translation procedure, to use both in clinical practice and in scientific research.

Translation is performed on the basis of a forward - backward translation. The clarity of the pre-final Dutch version is tested on 10-30 patients scheduled to undergo a total shoulder arthroplasty. The answers of the patients are studied prospectively at a single time point.

All the questions of the Hospital for Special Surgery Expectation Survey are clear to more than 80% of patients, which is the norm value where it can be assumed that the question is clearly understandable.

The Dutch version of the Hospital for Special Surgery Expectations Survey can be considered clear, as all questions did not give any ambiguities for 80% of the patients. This study provides a foundation needed for further research to assess the psychometric properties of the Dutch translation of the Hospital for Special Surgery Expectations Survey.

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Volume 90, issue 4.

Dec 2024.

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