Community-based prehabilitation before elective major surgery: the PREP-WELL quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT: Optimising health and well-being before elective major surgery via prehabilitation initiatives is important for good postoperative outcomes. In a busy tertiary centre in North East England, the lack of a formal prehabilitation service meant that opportunities were being missed to optimise patients for surgery. This quality improvement project aimed to implement and evaluate a community-based prehabilitation service for people awaiting elective major surgery: PREP-WELL. A multidisciplinary, cross-sector team introduced PREP-WELL in January 2018. PREP-WELL provided comprehensive assessment and management of perioperative risk factors in the weeks before surgery. During a 12-month pilot, patients were referred from five surgical specialties at James Cook University Hospital. Data were collect

SUBMITTER: Tew GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206908 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature