Actively engaging patients in prehabilitation and ERAS programs may improve satisfaction and reduce preoperative anxiety.
We identified several patient priorities for the preoperative period. Integrating these priorities within ERAS and prehabilitative programs could improve patient satisfaction, experiences and outcomes. Actively engaging patients in their care might alleviate some of the anxiety and fear associated with waiting passively for surgery.
Gillis et al. (Tue,) studied this question.