Why the study?
Does a nurse practitioner-managed follow-up intervention improve patient-reported outcomes and resource use in elective cardiac surgery patients compared to standard primary care follow-up?
Population
200 elective cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass graft) patients
Comparison
Nurse practitioner-managed cardiac surgery… vs Standard model of primary care provider follow-up
Design
RCT, randomly assigned
Follow-up
6 weeks postdischarge
Authors
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Supports nurse practitioner-managed follow-up after cardiac surgery for better early outcomes; extends evidence on advanced practice roles in postoperative care.
Does a nurse practitioner-managed follow-up intervention improve patient-reported outcomes and resource use in elective cardiac surgery patients compared to standard primary care follow-up?
A nurse practitioner-managed follow-up model improves early symptom management, physical functioning, and patient satisfaction after elective cardiac surgery compared to standard primary care.
Sawatzky et al. (2013) studied this question.
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