Prognostic model for psychological outcomes in ambulatory surgery patients: A prospective study using a structural equation modeling framework.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Surgical procedures are increasingly carried out in a day-case setting. Along with this increase, psychological outcomes have become prominent. The objective was to evaluate prospectively the prognostic effects of sociodemographic, medical, and psychological variables assessed before day-case surgery on psychological outcomes after surgery.

Methods

The study was carried out between October 2010 and September 2011. We analyzed 398 mixed patients, from a randomized controlled trial, undergoing day-case surgery at a university medical center. Structural equation modeling was used to jointly study presurgical prognostic variables relating to sociodemographics (age, sex, nationality, marital status, having children, religion, educational level, employment), medical s

SUBMITTER: Mijderwijk H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5894974 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature