{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Silva L"],"funding":["BARD","Royal College of Surgeons of England"],"pagination":["e081821"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11268063"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(7)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Introduction</h4>Morbidity from an emergency laparotomy (EmLap) is difficult to define and poorly understood. Morbidity is a holistic concept, reliant upon an interplay of bio-psychosocial outcomes that evolve long after discharge. To date, no previous study has explored the psychosocial outcomes following EmLap as a collective, nor their change over time. This study aims to describe the holistic morbidity following EmLap within the first year following surgery.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This is a multicentre, mixed-methods prospective 12-month cohort study with two participant populations: patient participants and family caregivers (FCGs). A target of 160 adult patients who undergo EmLap and can give informed consent will be included in the patient participant group. Patient partici"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pubmed_title":["Psychosocial outcomes following emergency laparotomy (POLO) study: a study protocol for a multicentre mixed-methods prospective cohort study assessing the psycho-social outcomes following emergency laparotomy in adults."],"pmcid":["PMC11268063"],"funding_grant_id":["69059675","Winter Appeal Fund 2020"],"pubmed_authors":["Watts T","Bisson J","Abbas Mohamed S","Silva L","Meggy A","Cornish JA","Torkington J","Ng JH","Moug S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Psychosocial outcomes following emergency laparotomy (POLO) study: a study protocol for a multicentre mixed-methods prospective cohort study assessing the psycho-social outcomes following emergency laparotomy in adults.","description":"<h4>Introduction</h4>Morbidity from an emergency laparotomy (EmLap) is difficult to define and poorly understood. Morbidity is a holistic concept, reliant upon an interplay of bio-psychosocial outcomes that evolve long after discharge. To date, no previous study has explored the psychosocial outcomes following EmLap as a collective, nor their change over time. This study aims to describe the holistic morbidity following EmLap within the first year following surgery.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>This is a multicentre, mixed-methods prospective 12-month cohort study with two participant populations: patient participants and family caregivers (FCGs). A target of 160 adult patients who undergo EmLap and can give informed consent will be included in the patient participant group. Patient partici","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Jul","modification":"2026-06-02T23:12:38.879Z","creation":"2025-04-19T13:13:49.684Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11268063","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38986553"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081821"]}}