TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of preoperative group education for patients with colorectal cancer
T2 - managing expectations
AU - Koet, Lesley Larissa
AU - Kraima, Annelot
AU - Derksen, Ilona
AU - Lamme, Bas
AU - Belt, Eric Jacobus Theodorus
AU - van Rosmalen, Joost
AU - Smeenk, Robert Matthijs
AU - van der Hoeven, Joost Alexander Boreas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Purpose: To evaluate the potential beneficial effect of preoperative face-to-face group education after colonic surgery in a pre-existing ERAS pathway environment. Methods: Patients were randomized to cohorts for 3 weeks to either the standard preoperative counseling by the colorectal surgeon and the nurse practitioner (control group) or to the additional group education (intervention group). Patients scored EORTC-QLQ-info25 after the preoperative information was completed and the EORTC-QLQ-30 and EORTC-QLQ-29 prior to surgery and 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery. Results: A significantly better level of information was scored considering the expectations and patient involvement in the intervention group. This coincided with a significant reduction of the in-hospital stay, enhanced return to the preoperative global health status, and persistent improved body image after surgery. Conclusion: By investing in the preoperative group education patients develop more realistic expectations resulting in a perceived improved quality of life and body image 1 month after operation coinciding with a statistically significant reduction in duration of in-hospital stay in this study.
AB - Purpose: To evaluate the potential beneficial effect of preoperative face-to-face group education after colonic surgery in a pre-existing ERAS pathway environment. Methods: Patients were randomized to cohorts for 3 weeks to either the standard preoperative counseling by the colorectal surgeon and the nurse practitioner (control group) or to the additional group education (intervention group). Patients scored EORTC-QLQ-info25 after the preoperative information was completed and the EORTC-QLQ-30 and EORTC-QLQ-29 prior to surgery and 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery. Results: A significantly better level of information was scored considering the expectations and patient involvement in the intervention group. This coincided with a significant reduction of the in-hospital stay, enhanced return to the preoperative global health status, and persistent improved body image after surgery. Conclusion: By investing in the preoperative group education patients develop more realistic expectations resulting in a perceived improved quality of life and body image 1 month after operation coinciding with a statistically significant reduction in duration of in-hospital stay in this study.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00520-021-06072-5
DO - 10.1007/s00520-021-06072-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 33651182
AN - SCOPUS:85102083328
SN - 0941-4355
VL - 29
SP - 5263
EP - 5271
JO - Supportive Care in Cancer
JF - Supportive Care in Cancer
IS - 9
ER -
