Why the study?
Surgical waiting times reached record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting a need to identify innovations supporting waiting patients to inform policy addressing elective surgical backlogs.
Do preoperative interventions (exercise, education, smoking cessation, psychological) improve outcomes for patients on elective surgical waiting lists?
Population
Patients on elective surgical waiting lists across 48 systematic reviews
Comparison
Innovations to support patients awaiting surgery vs standard care
Design
Rapid review of systematic reviews
Key result
Preoperative interventions including exercise, education, smoking cessation, and psychological support improved clinical and psychological outcomes for patients awaiting elective surgery.
Authors
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Supports preoperative optimization for elective surgery patients on waiting lists; extends evidence for multimodal prehabilitation.
Systematic Review
Do preoperative interventions (exercise, education, smoking cessation, psychological) improve outcomes for patients on elective surgical waiting lists?
Preoperative interventions such as exercise, education, and psychological support offer benefits to patients experiencing prolonged waits for elective surgery.
Okolie et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Patients on elective surgical waiting lists. Preoperative interventions (exercise, education, psychological, smoking cessation) vs. Usual care was evaluated on Preoperative and postoperative clinical and psychological outcomes. Preoperative interventions including exercise, education, smoking cessation, and psychological support improved clinical and psychological outcomes for patients awaiting elective surgery.
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