Missed psychosocial risk factors during routine preoperative evaluations are associated with increased complications after elective cancer surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Certain behavioral traits and inadequate social support are known risk factors for complications after cancer surgery. Despite their importance, it is unclear whether conventional patient preoperative evaluation captures them. This study was conducted to assess concordance between documentation and patient survey of selected risk factors and to determine whether failure to document affected postoperative outcomes.

Methods

Adult patients at a tertiary academic medical center were surveyed before abdominal cancer surgery to assess 6 psychosocial risk factors. Risk factors were also assessed by retrospective chart review and compared with survey results through concordance measures. Thirty-day postoperative complications were abstracted by chart review. Rates of majo

SUBMITTER: Meyers PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828252 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature