Does keeping patients and their health care team informed as to the progress of individual patient postoperative recovery improve patient outcome? A Postoperative Quality of Recovery Score (PostopQRS) Pilot study.

Common management principles for all study participants In keeping with a pragmatic trial design, this clinical trial does not specify any aspect of clinical management for the enrolled patients. Perioperative management (surgical type, anaesthesia and ward management) is to be determined by the treating surgeons, anaesthetists and ward staff. All participants will complete a postoperative recovery assessment questionnaire (the PostopQRS) prior to surgery (within 14 days to determine each patient's baseline function), and then one, three and seven days, two and six weeks after surgery. Further longer-term follow up will occur at three months after surgery to identify if the effects of the intervention persists beyond the intervention period. The researcher at each site will conduct the PostopQRS with the participant and provide feedback on recovery as described below according to allocation. At the conclusion of the PostopQRS survery but prior to feedback to the patient as to their performance, each patient will complete the sleep survery (PROMIS Sleep Deprivation Short Form 8b). Arm 2: Intervention Group: Real-time feedback to the participant and the healthcare team At the end of each PostopQRS assessment, both the participant and the nominated member of the treating medical team will be informed as to how each patient performed, compared to each preoperative baseline. This will be the surgical consultant or fellow responsible for the surgery. After hospital discharge, the participants general practitioner will also receive the feedback.