Neurosurgical enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme for elective craniotomies: are patients satisfied with their experiences? A quantitative and qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate patient satisfaction and associated predictors at discharge, as well as patient experience at 30-day follow-up, in a neurosurgical enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme.

Design

A single-centre, prospective, randomised controlled study.

Setting

A tertiary hospital in China.

Participants

A total of 140 neurosurgical patients aged 18-65 years old who had a single intracranial lesion and were admitted for elective craniotomy between October 2016 and July 2017 were included.

Interventions

Patients were randomised into two groups: 70 patients received care according to a novel neurosurgical ERAS protocol (ERAS group) and 70 patients received conventional perioperative care (control group).

Outcome measures

Patient satisf

SUBMITTER: Liu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858174 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature