Patient-reported recovery in upper abdominal cancer surgery care: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to describe and analyse patient-reported recovery in patients after upper abdominal cancer surgery. This study had a quantitative design and patients were consecutively included in a university hospital in southern Sweden. Twenty-four patients answered the Postoperative Recovery Profile (PRP) questionnaire at three measurement points. All five dimensions were affected. In the physical symptoms dimension, the majority of patients reported a lack of energy upon discharge. High levels of anxiety were reported. Over 50% of patients reported some degree of depressed mood at all three measurement points. In the social dimension, the majority of patients reported some degree of being dependent on help from others in everyday life at 4 weeks after discharge. Few patients are fully

SUBMITTER: Johansson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10454853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature