Prehabilitation in elective abdominal cancer surgery in older patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Prehabilitation has emerged as a strategy to prepare patients for elective abdominal cancer surgery with documented improvements in postoperative outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the evidence for prehabilitation interventions of relevance to the older adult. Systematic searches were conducted using MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL and PsychINFO. Studies of preoperative intervention (prehabilitation) in patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery reporting postoperative outcomes were included. Age limits were not set as preliminary searches revealed this would be too restrictive. Articles were screened and selected based on PRISMA guidelines, and assessment of bias was performed. Qualitative, quantitative and meta-analyses of data were conducted as appropriate. Thirty-t

SUBMITTER: Daniels SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7709363 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature