Mentored multimodal prehabilitation for aortic aneurysm surgery: a pilot randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is increasing evidence that prehabilitation before surgery may improve patient outcomes and should be established in perioperative care pathways. We aimed to explore the logistics of running a randomised controlled study delivering multimodal prehabilitation (exercise and lifestyle modification) of patients having aortic aneurysm repair. Our primary objective was to assess the feasibility of recruitment, retention, and adherence to study interventions. Secondary objectives were patient outcomes such as function, quality of life and postoperative complications.

Design

A feasibility, assessor-blinded, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial. Following ethical approval, adults scheduled for elective open or endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair were

SUBMITTER: Bidd H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659501 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature