Key result
Surgical patient education interventions reported positive effects in 81% of the reviewed randomized controlled trials, with no significant difference in effectiveness based on the timing of the education.
Why the study?
Does surgical patient education improve patient outcomes in adult surgical patients?
Systematic Review (n=21)
Does surgical patient education improve patient outcomes in adult surgical patients?
p-value: p=0.55
Surgical patient education generally has positive effects on patient outcomes, though standardized and validated measurement tools are needed for better comparison across studies.
Supports incorporating patient education into surgical care regardless of timing; confirms broad positive effects while highlighting need for standardized outcome measures.
Objective: To determine surgical patient education interventions and to explore the outcomes of randomized controlled trials from 2002 to 2012. Material and Methods: Database searches were carried out in December 2011 and May 2012 on Cochrane Library, PubMed, Science Direct, Cambridge, and Proquest Medical and Health Package Wiley Interscience files from 2002 to 2012, using the inclusion criteria of 'adult surgical patients', 'nursing', 'pre-operative', 'postoperative', 'patient education in randomized controlled trials' and 'English language'. Data analysis in December 2011 and May 2012 focused on assessing the interventions and the outcomes of the studies. Results: The database search yielded 21 studies. Most of the interventions concerned preoperative surgical patient education (60%) and focused on general surgery (33.3%). Most of the interventions (81%) reported positive effects, and four studies (19%) showed negative effects. Although the number of reported positive effects were higher than negative effects, there was not a statistical relationship between periods and effects of outcomes (chi-square tests, p=0.55, p>0.05). Conclusions : Patient education may have a very positive effect, but it is very difficult to reveal the effects and display. The findings suggest that more research should be undertaken to establish, in more detail, the elements that make up surgical patient education and their uses. The results of this review confirm that information, which is specific to individual patient needs, has a significant role for surgical patients.
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Yavuz et al. (2016) conducted a systematic review in Surgical patients (n=21). Surgical patient education vs. Routine care or standard information was evaluated on Proportion of studies reporting positive effects (p=0.55). Surgical patient education interventions reported positive effects in 81% of the reviewed randomized controlled trials, with no significant difference in effectiveness based on the timing of the education.
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