Factors influencing day surgery patients’ quality of postoperative recovery and satisfaction with recovery: a narrative review

Perioperative Medicine

Ulrica Nilsson¹  Maria Jaensson²  Karuna Dahlberg² 

[1] 0000 0000 9241 5705, grid.24381.3c, Division of Nursing, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institute and Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;0000 0001 0738 8966, grid.15895.30, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, 70182, Örebro, Sweden;

关键词: Ambulatory surgical procedures;    Postoperative period;    Preoperative period;    Patient satisfaction;    Quality of healthcare;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13741-019-0115-1

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【 摘 要 】

The aim of healthcare services is to provide a high quality of care. One way to ensure that this aim has been fulfilled is to assess patients’ satisfaction with their care. Although satisfaction is a complex concept, it is an important outcome in perioperative care. The objective of this paper is to discuss and reflect on factors that can affect patients’ quality of postoperative recovery and satisfaction with recovery after day surgery. Involving patients in shared decision-making (SDM) and providing sufficient preoperative and postoperative information can improve their satisfaction. It is important to assess whether patients experience poor recovery, which can be both distressing and dissatisfying. We suggest that patients’ age, sex, mental health status, and health literacy (HL) skills should be assessed preoperatively, since these factors seem to have a negative impact on patients’ postoperative recovery. Identifying factors that have a negative impact on patients’ quality of postoperative recovery and satisfaction with recovery after day surgery will assist healthcare professionals in supporting vulnerable patients, such as those with limited HL and poor mental health. Treating patients with respect and dignity and providing SDM can increase their quality of postoperative recovery and satisfaction with recovery.

【 授权许可】

CC BY