Key result
Preoperative expectations predicted symptom severity, return to work, and quality of healing 7 days after oral surgery more strongly than medical factors.
Why the study?
Do preoperative expectations predict recovery outcomes in patients undergoing oral surgery?
Cohort (n=101)
Do preoperative expectations predict recovery outcomes in patients undergoing oral surgery?
Preoperative expectations are more predictive of recovery measures than medical factors in patients undergoing oral surgery.
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Preoperative expectation assessment may aid recovery counseling in oral surgery; leaves open whether interventions targeting expectations improve outcomes.
McCarthy et al. (2003) conducted a cohort in Oral surgery (n=101). Preoperative expectations was evaluated on Recovery outcomes (symptom severity, return to work, quality of healing). Preoperative expectations predicted symptom severity, return to work, and quality of healing 7 days after oral surgery more strongly than medical factors.
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