Introduction
Surgical-site infection, TALON-1, SSI
COMPLICATION
Surgical-site infection (SSI) is the most common complication of abdominal surgery, and has a cross-societal, global impact on patients and their familiesTimely identification of SSI is essential in maintaining patient safety after hospital discharge. Missed SSI diagnoses or misclassification of SSI can directly and indirectly affect patient safetyThe Bluebelle Wound Healing Questionnaire (WHQ) was developed and validated in the UK in the English language to support postdischarge surveillance for SSI after abdominal surgeryThe aims of this mixed-methods study (TALON-1) were: to explore cross-cultural and cross-language equivalence, acceptability, and content validity of the WHQ across several LMICs; to assess the scaling and psychometric properties of the WHQ when used across different patient populations and subgroups using Rasch analysis; and to consolidate recommendations for adaptation of the WHQ for use in global surgical research by triangulating qualitative and quantitative data.