Preoperative concerns of patients undergoing general surgery

Effects of showing the operating room on preoperative anxiety and hemodynamics among patients with hypertension: A randomized controlled trial

(2020) Nureddin Yuzkat et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION

Patients' Perspectives on Relatives in the Perioperative Setting: A Danish Study

(2020) Tine Bjerring Nors et al.   AORN JOURNAL

Difficulties Faced by General Surgery Residents. A Qualitative Systematic Review

(2020) Clyve Yu Leon Yaow et al.   Journal of Surgical Education

Surgical perioperative pathways-Patient experiences of unmet needs show that a person-centred approach is needed

(2019) Kirsten Kaptain et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The impact of contract service policy and doctor communication skills on rural patient-doctor trust relationship in the village clinics of three counties

(2019) Linni Gu et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

A Qualitative Analysis of the Preoperative Needs of Patients With Papillary Thyroid Cancer

(2019) Susan C. Pitt et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Assessment of Preoperative Anxiety in Cardiac Surgery Patients Lacking a History of Anxiety: Contributing Factors and Postoperative Morbidity

(2018) Joaquín Hernández-Palazón et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

The New Age of Patient Autonomy

(2018) Madison K. Kilbride et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

A qualitative study of patient and provider experiences during preoperative care transitions

(2017) Ann M Malley et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The Cancer Loneliness Scale and Cancer-related Negative Social Expectations Scale: development and validation

(2017) Rebecca N. Adams et al.   QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

Developing patient education to enhance recovery after colorectal surgery through action research: a qualitative study

(2017) Fiona Poland et al.   BMJ Open

What surgeons tell patients and what patients want to know before major cancer surgery: a qualitative study

(2016) Angus G. K. McNair et al.   BMC CANCER

Short-term intervention to reduce anxiety before coronary artery bypass surgery - a randomised controlled trial

(2016) Claudia Heilmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Psychological variables associated with quality of life following primary treatment for head and neck cancer: a systematic review of the literature from 2004 to 2015

(2016) Simon Dunne et al.   PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY

Exposing some important barriers to health care access in the rural USA

(2015) N. Douthit et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

A knee clinical state affects the preoperative level of anxiety in patients undergoing knee arthroplasty - preliminary report.

(2015) Paweł Ziętek et al.   Psychiatria Polska

The effects of preoperative, video-assisted anesthesia education in Spanish on Spanish-speaking patients’ anxiety, knowledge, and satisfaction: a pilot study

(2014) Amy M. West et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ANESTHESIA

Thinking outside the black box: The importance of context in understanding the impact of a preoperative education nursing intervention among Chinese cardiac patients

(2014) Ping Guo et al.   PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

Need for Psychosocial Assistance in Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery Evaluated by a Seven-Item Questionnaire

(2014) Peter Kahr et al.   THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON

Quality assessment of qualitative evidence for systematic review and synthesis: Is it meaningful, and if so, how should it be performed?

(2014) Christopher Carroll et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

An Insight Into the Preoperative Experiences of Ghanaian General Surgical Patients

(2013) Lydia Aziato et al.   Clinical Nursing Research

Anxiety and fear in patients with short waiting times before coronary artery bypass surgery - a qualitative study

(2013) Johanna Feuchtinger et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The importance of preoperative information for patient participation in colorectal surgery care

(2013) Agneta Aasa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Doctor–patient communication, knowledge, and question prompt lists in reducing preoperative anxiety – A randomized control study

(2012) Leslie Lim et al.   Asian Journal of Surgery

Bypass Surgery with Psychological and Spiritual Support (the BY.PASS Study): Results of a Pragmatic Trial Based on Patients’ Preference

(2012) Jenny Rosendahl et al.   PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS

“The Support I Need”

(2011) Sigrunn Drageset et al.   CANCER NURSING

A systematic review of qualitative studies: patients’ experiences of preoperative communication

(2011) Zenobia Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

"A Struggle Between Vanity and Life"

(2010) Su-Ying Fang et al.   CANCER NURSING

Becoming a coronary artery bypass graft surgery patient: a grounded theory study of women’s experiences

(2010) Davina Banner   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The Experience of Stress for Open Heart Surgery Patients and Their Caregivers

(2010) Lois Robley et al.   WESTERN JOURNAL OF NURSING RESEARCH

Men's experiences of radical prostatectomy as treatment for prostate cancer

(2009) Ella Walsh et al.   European Journal of Oncology Nursing

The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration

(2009) Alessandro Liberati et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews

(2008) James Thomas et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

The preoperative experience of patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: A phenomenological study

(2008) Barbara Worster et al.   European Journal of Oncology Nursing