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 …

An ageing population and rising healthcare costs are challenging cost‐efficient hospital
systems wanting to adapt, employing novel organisational structures designed to merge …

Objective: To investigate the effect of exposure to a virtual reality (VR) environment
preoperatively on patient-reported outcomes for surgical operations. Background: There is a …

Background Many patients undergoing anaesthesia and surgery experience postoperative
complications. Our aim was to investigate whether a systematic follow-up smartphone-based …

Background More than 60% of patients who undergo surgery for colorectal cancer
experience anxiety at some point during the perioperative period. In addition to the obvious …

Introduction The aim of the present paper is to establish feasibility and required power of a
one-session psychological intervention devoted to increasing patient's self-efficacy and …

Background: There is an emerging trend to perform surgeries as day surgery. After a day
surgery, most of the recovery period takes place at home, and patients are responsible for …

Purpose This study was done to determine day surgery patients' presurgery anxiety levels
related to information received. Design A descriptive and cross-sectional model was used …

Background There is no consensus about the type of instrument with which to assess
postoperative recovery or the time points when assessments are most appropriate. It is also …

OBJECTIVE Informed consent, when performed appropriately, serves many roles beyond
simply obtaining the prerequisite medicolegal paperwork to perform a surgery. Prior studies …