In-hospital stress and patient outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital inpatients are exposed to high levels of stress during hospitalisation that may increase susceptibility to major adverse health events post-hospitalisation (known as post-hospital syndrome). However, the existing evidence base has not been reviewed and the magnitude of this relationship remains unknown. Therefore, the aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to: 1) synthesise existing evidence and to determine the strength of the relationship between in-hospital stress and patient outcomes, and 2) determine if this relationship differs between (i) in-hospital vs post-hospital outcomes, and (ii) subjective vs objective outcome measures.

Methods

A systematic search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychINFO, CINAHL, and Web of Science from inception to

SUBMITTER: Ford DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997980 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature