Impact of prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity levels in elective surgery patients: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review the impact of prehabilitation on objectively measured physical activity (PA) levels in elective surgery patients.

Data sources

Articles published in Web of Science Core Collections, PubMed, Embase (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOHost), PsycInfo (EBSCOHost) and CENTRAL through August 2020.

Study selection

Studies that met the following criteria: (1) written in English, (2) quantitatively described the effect(s) of a PA intervention among elective surgery patients prior to surgery and (3) used and reported objective measures of PA in the study.

Data extraction and synthesis

Participant characteristics, intervention details, PA measurement, and clinical and health-related outcomes were extracted. Risk of bias was assessed following the revi

SUBMITTER: Wagnild JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424868 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature