Patient acceptance of prehabilitation for major surgery: an exploratory survey.
Jamie L WaterlandHilmy IsmailBabak AminCatherine L GrangerLinda DenehyBernhard RiedelPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
Patients are willing to participate in prehabilitation prior to major cancer surgery but practical barriers and facilitators should be considered when designing prehabilitation programs to maximise patient commitment to facilitate improved postoperative outcomes.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- public health
- prognostic factors
- surgical site infection
- squamous cell carcinoma
- cross sectional
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- young adults
- coronary artery disease