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. 2024 Apr;33(4):1607-1616.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-024-08145-5. Epub 2024 Feb 17.

Validation of the AO Spine CROST (Clinician Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) in the clinical setting

Said Sadiqi  1 , Erin E A de Gendt  2 , Sander P J Muijs  2 , Marcel W M Post  3   4 , Lorin M Benneker  5 , Martin Holas  6 , Jin W Tee  7   8 , Christoph E Albers  5 , Sonja Häckel  5 , Juraj Svac  6 , Richard J Bransford  9 , Mohammad M El-Sharkawi  10 , Frank Kandziora  11 , Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran  12 , Klaus J Schnake  13 , Alexander R Vaccaro  14 , F Cumhur Oner  2
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Validation of the AO Spine CROST (Clinician Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) in the clinical setting

Said Sadiqi et al. Eur Spine J. 2024 Apr.
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Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate feasibility, internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and prospective validity of AO Spine CROST (Clinician Reported Outcome Spine Trauma) in the clinical setting.

Methods: Patients were included from four trauma centers. Two surgeons with substantial amount of experience in spine trauma care were included from each center. Two separate questionnaires were administered at baseline, 6-months and 1-year: one to surgeons (mainly CROST) and another to patients (AO Spine PROST-Patient Reported Outcome Spine Trauma). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze patient characteristics and feasibility, Cronbach's α for internal consistency. Inter-rater reliability through exact agreement, Kappa statistics and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC). Prospective analysis, and relationships between CROST and PROST were explored through descriptive statistics and Spearman correlations.

Results: In total, 92 patients were included. CROST showed excellent feasibility results. Internal consistency (α = 0.58-0.70) and reliability (ICC = 0.52 and 0.55) were moderate. Mean total scores between surgeons only differed 0.2-0.9 with exact agreement 48.9-57.6%. Exact agreement per CROST item showed good results (73.9-98.9%). Kappa statistics revealed moderate agreement for most CROST items. In the prospective analysis a trend was only seen when no concerns at all were expressed by the surgeon (CROST = 0), and moderate to strong positive Spearman correlations were found between CROST at baseline and the scores at follow-up (rs = 0.41-0.64). Comparing the CROST with PROST showed no specific association, nor any Spearman correlations (rs = -0.33-0.07).

Conclusions: The AO Spine CROST showed moderate validity in a true clinical setting including patients from the daily clinical practice.

Keywords: AO Spine CROST; Clinician perspective; Function; Health; Outcome instrument; Spine trauma.

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