SynthesisInternational journal of behavioral medicine2016
Patients' Expectations Predict Surgery Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Preoperative Optimization of Cardiac Valve Patients' Expectations - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Preoperative Optimization of Patient's Expectations by the Use of an Online-Tool - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Can Patient Expectations Influence Pain Reduction After Epidural Injections in Patients With Low Back Pain? An Observational Cohort Study
Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Preoperative Treatment Expectations and Their Association with Postoperative Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction in Non-Orthopedic Surgery: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of the critical shoulder angle on shoulder arthroplasty outcomes: a systematic review.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Pooled it
- Role of expectations in clinical outcomes after deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Journal of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Baseline depressive symptoms, personal control, and concern moderate the effects of preoperative psychological interventions: the randomized controlled PSY-HEART trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Trial
- Expectancies as predictors of symptom improvement after antimicrobial therapy for persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme disease.Clinical rheumatology · 2021Trial
- Enhancing Placebo Effects in Somatic Symptoms Through Oxytocin.Psychosomatic medicine · 2018Trial
- Preoperative optimization of patient expectations improves long-term outcome in heart surgery patients: results of the randomized controlled PSY-HEART trial.BMC medicine · 2017Trial
- Coping with surgery and in chronic pain - Distinguishing the common and separate factors across contexts.Pain reports · 2026Article
- Supportive Outpatient-Provider Communication-A Scoping Review About Expectations, Experiences, and Actual Behaviours Regarding Healthcare Visits.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2026Review
- Expectations predict early pregnancy-related symptom burden.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Observational
- Does grit and self-control impact outcomes following spine surgery? Early findings from a prospective study evaluating the association between grit and self-control following minimally invasive laminectomy/microdiscectomy and anterior cervical surgery.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Observational
- Patients' Experience With Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Development and Validation of the Brief Inventory of Treatment Expectations in Chronic Pain (BITEC).European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Impact on Clinical- and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures of an Organ Preservation-Based Therapeutic Strategy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: The FOREST Project.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Article
- Comparing genuine and sham surgery for sacroiliac joint pain using self-assessments, pain testing, and neuroimaging.Pain reports · 2025Article
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- Patients' Expectations and Perspectives on Follow-up Care after Bariatric Surgery in Germany.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral studies indicate that patients' presurgical expectations can influence postsurgical health outcome. PURPOSE: To estimate the potential for clinical exploitation of this association, a meta-analysis of prospective studies which assess the association between patients' presurgical expectations and postsurgical quality of life is applied to accumulate the overall effect.
methodsWe searched the databases MEDLINE, CENTRAL, and PsychINFO for English- and German-language articles published from 1980 until December 2013. Additionally, manual searches of bibliographies of retrieved articles and relevant reviews were conducted. Prospective studies measuring presurgical expectations and postsurgical quality of life in patients aging 18-65 were selected. Correlations between presurgical expectations and postsurgical quality of life were extracted or provided by the authors.
resultsThe search yielded 21 prospective studies (including 2611 patients undergoing surgery) with a follow-up period ranging from 1 week to 13 years. The pooled correlations were 0.369 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.264 to 0.466; P for heterogeneity <0.001; random-effects model) for overall quality of life (11 studies), 0.126 (95% CI, 0.079 to 0.172; P for heterogeneity = 0.63; random-effects model) for physical quality of life (12 studies), and 0.208 (95% CI, 0.113 to 0.299; P for heterogeneity <0.001; random-effects model) for mental quality of life (12 studies), indicating low to moderate associations between presurgery patients' expectations and postsurgery quality of life.
conclusionsThese results confirm the importance of patients' expectations in the prediction of postsurgical outcomes and underline the necessity to optimize these expectations in order to improve postoperative quality of life.
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