Using patient data to optimize an expert-based guideline on convalescence recommendations after gynecological surgery: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Convalescence advice is often based on tradition and anecdote from health care providers, rather than being based on experiences from patients themselves. The aim of this study was to analyse recovery in terms of resumption of various daily activities including work, following different laparoscopic and abdominal surgery in order to optimize an expert-based guideline on convalescence recommendations. METHODS:This is a prospective cohort study conducted in nine general and one university hospital in the Netherlands. Women aged 18-65 years and scheduled for a hysterectomy (laparoscopic, vaginal, abdominal) and/or laparoscopic adnexal surgery (n = 304) were eligible to participate. Preoperatively, participants were provided with tailored expert-based convalescence recommendations o

SUBMITTER: Bouwsma EVA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719670 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature