Effect of Patient Age on Decisional Regret After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare long-term decision regret between younger (30 years or younger) and older (31-49 years) patients who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign disease.

Methods

We conducted a matched retrospective cohort study to analyze patients who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomies for benign indications from 2009 to 2016. Respondents completed surveys including two validated decision regret scales: one measuring surgical decision regret and the other measuring loss-of-fertility regret. Participant aged was dichotomized as 30 years or younger and 31-49 years. Chi square, Fisher exact, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests and logistic regression were used to compare groups.

Results

Two hundred eighty-seven participants were successfully contacted, and 241 complet

SUBMITTER: King NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884687 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature