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- Outpatient surgery is the standard for 60-70% of common surgical procedures, and while minimally invasive methods have improved aspects like pain and recovery time, there's limited research on patients' perceived quality of care.
- The study involved a questionnaire completed by 203 patients who had abdominal hernia repairs, focusing on their satisfaction a week post-surgery and overall quality of care a month later, assessing factors like pain, need for at-home care, and information provided.
- Findings revealed that nearly half of the patients required informal care at home, a majority were discharged within 72 hours, and overall satisfaction was high at 94.6%, showing that satisfaction levels were more closely tied to hospitalization duration and pain relief needs than to patient demographics.
Article Abstract
Introduction: Outpatient surgery is currently the standard procedure in 60-70% of the most prevalent surgical procedures. Minimally invasive models in health care have improved basic aspects such as postoperative pain and hospital stay, but there are few publications related to perceived quality shown by patients, such as the need for informal care at home or delay before surgery. The aim of the study was to determine the global satisfaction perceived by patients undergoing abdominal wall hernia repair.
Methods: An ad hoc split questionnaire has been completed on satisfaction after a week and postoperative quality a month after intervention by 203 patients operated on for abdominal hernia in a year. Variables included postoperative pain, need for informal care, surgical delay, information supplied, professional management and overall satisfaction.
Results: A total of 48.28% of patients needed informal care at home. They were largely attended by women, wives or daughters, for a few days. In 45.81% they were discharged on the same day, and 53.2% in less than 72 h. Overall satisfaction in the program of day surgery and short hospital stay was 94.6%.
Conclusions: The overall process of satisfaction was not related to age, sex or educational level of patients, while there was an inverse relationship between satisfaction and days of hospitalization and days of pain that required analgesia at home.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ciresp.2015.01.005 | DOI Listing |
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