A Primer on Outcome Measures for Surgical Interventions

This chapter provides an overview of the principles in assessment of treatmentTreatmentoutcomesOutcomes. Topics include definition of the constructs to be measured, finding outcome measuresOutcome measures, selection of appropriate outcome measures, consideration of measurement error and potential issues that might invalidate estimates of treatment effectsTreatment effect. The application of outcome measures to clinical decision-makingDecision-making is demonstrated in the context of a distal radius fractureDistal radius fracture case.