Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major surgery in older adults.

Duminda Nalaka WijeysunderaShabbir M H AlibhaiKarim S LadhaMartine T E PutsTyler R ChesneyJulian F DazaSahar EhteshamEmily HladkowiczGerald LebovicC David MazerJanet M van VlymenAlice C WeiDaniel I McIsaacnull null

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

The FIT After Surgery study has received research ethics board approval at all sites. Recruitment began in December 2019 but was placed on hold in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment was gradually restarted in October 2020, with 1-year follow-up expected to finish in 2023. Publication of the primary results is anticipated to occur in 2024.

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