Key result
Gynecological day surgery yields high recovery quality despite a 20% complication rate.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to explore patients' experiences one and 30 days after gynaecological day surgery, along with potential factors influencing these experiences.
Observational (n=444)
Yes
Patients generally report positive experiences and high quality of recovery after gynaecological day surgery, though 20% experience complications like infection, haemorrhage, or pain.
Patients report mostly positive gynaecological day-surgery experiences despite lower retrospective recovery scores at 30 days; leaves open optimal timing for outcome assessment in cohorts.
Aim The aim of this study was to explore patients' experiences after gynaecological day surgery one and 30 days postoperatively, as well as potential factors influencing these experiences. Design The study had a multicentre, quantitative, longitudinal design. Methods The study was conducted in three different hospitals' day surgical unit and included patients undergoing gynaecological surgery in general anaesthesia. We used a questionnaire including the European Quality of Life tool (EQ5D3L), the Quality‐of‐Recovery‐15 questionnaire (QoR‐15) and items relating to patient experiences, the first day (T1, n = 444) and 30 days (T2, n = 193) after surgery. Data were collected in the period March 2019 to March 2020. Results Results show that patients mainly had positive experiences and ranged quality of recovery high, even though some areas needed improvement. Patient scores on the QoR‐15 relating to their experiences 24 h postoperative were rated higher at T1 than at T2. Twenty per cent of the respondents experienced complications such as infection, haemorrhage and pain. About 1/5 of these contacted healthcare services, and three per cent was hospitalized. EQ5D score was the only factor that made an statistically significant impact on patients' experiences with quality of recovery ( R 2 .169, F = 82.87). However, this effect was weak.
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Bruun et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Gynaecological day surgery (n=444). Gynaecological day surgery was evaluated on Patient experiences and quality of recovery. Following gynaecological day surgery, patients reported high quality of recovery, with 20% experiencing complications; EQ5D score significantly impacted recovery experiences (R2=0.169).
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