Gaining the patient perspective on pelvic floor disorders' surgical adverse events.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement defines an adverse event as an unintended physical injury resulting from or contributed to by medical care that requires additional monitoring, treatment, or hospitalization or that results in death. The majority of research has focused on adverse events from the provider's perspective.

Objective

The objective of this qualitative study was to describe patient perceptions on adverse events following surgery for pelvic floor disorders.

Study design

Women representing the following 3 separate surgical populations participated in focus groups: (1) preoperative (women <12 weeks prior to surgery); (2) short-term postoperative (women up to 12 weeks after surgery); and (3) long-term postoperative (women 1-5 years after surge

SUBMITTER: Dunivan GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6351201 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature