Patientrapporterade SEFAS: Frågeformulär bra utvärderingsmetod vid fot- och fotledsbesvär
Sammanfattning
There is need for structured evaluation of disability before and after surgery. The patients’ subjective aspects of their symptoms
should be one part of this evaluation, preferably captured by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). There are several
PROMs, either generic or region-specific questionnaires, but no »gold standard« for foot or ankle evaluation. We translated the Self-
reported Foot and Ankle Score (SEFAS) and evaluated the psychometric properties of the score in terms of reliability, validity and
responsiveness in patients with a variety of foot and ankle disorders. In this report we recommend a validation process for PROMs
and report that SEFAS shows good resuls when doing this. As SEFAS is a PROM, the instrument seems suitable for use in national
registers.