Quality of Life of female working age patients after operative therapy of a groin Hernia
- Conditions
- K40Inguinal hernia
- Registration Number
- DRKS00017536
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsklinik für Viszeralchirurgie, Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Pius-Hospital Oldenburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 94
Group 1:
- female patients of the clinic who have signed a consent to be included in the herniamed registry and to be contacted
- surgery after completion of the 18th and before completion of the 67th year of life
Group 2:
- male patients of the clinic who have signed a consent to be admitted to the herniamed registry and to be contacted
- matching with patients of group 1 according to
a) date of surgery (+/- 3 months)
b) age (+/- 2 years)
c) hernia classification established during surgery
d) BMI at surgery divided into four groups corresponding to WHO categories: Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m2), Normal (BMI from 18.5 to < 25.0 kg/m2), Overweight (BMI from 25.0 to < 30 kg/m2) and Obessive (BMI from 30 kg/m2)
e) surgical method used (open or laparoscopic)
f) classification as a primary or recurrent hernia
Group 3:
- female patients who are elective inpatients in treatment at the clinic
- are not operated on the groin or abdomen
- age between 18 and 67 years
- insufficient German language skills
- refusal to participate in the investigation
- neurological deficits of the lower extremity
- hip prosthesis on the body side treated for a hernia
- previous death of the patient
group 3 additionally: no surgery on abdomen, hips and pelvis in the previous year
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life of female patients after herniotomy, determined from results of the SF-36, COMI and CCS questionnaires (Core Outcome Measures Index for Hernias (COMI), Carolinas Comfort Scale (CCS))<br>and<br>Performance in the hip joint of female patients after herniotomy, determined as mobility in degrees (abduction, external and internal rotation, flexion and extension) and force (in the respective direction of movement). Patients are invited to one study visit to the surgical clinic between September 2019 and January 2020.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary aim is to investigate whether the German versions of the CCS and COMI questionnaires also provide valid and reliable results in a female cohort.