Evaluating the therapeutic quality of prehabilitation programmes in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this work was to evaluate whether the therapeutic quality of exercise prehabilitation programmes is associated with their effectiveness to preoperatively improve aerobic fitness and reduce postoperative complications and length of hospital stay in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery.

Method

Three electronic databases (PubMed, Embase and CINAHL) were systematically searched (up to October 2023) for randomized controlled trials that investigated the effects of prehabilitation before colorectal resection. Methodological quality and therapeutic quality were assessed using, respectively, the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool and the i-CONTENT tool. Studies were divided into four subgroups based on the estimated risk of bias and risk of ineffectiveness.

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SUBMITTER: Jetten EEJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11814359 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature