ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2018
Holding It Together-Patients' Perspectives on Postoperative Recovery When Using an e-Assessed Follow-Up: Qualitative Study.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Patients' Experiences of Day Surgery: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Patients' experiences of day surgery and recovery: A meta-ethnography.Nursing open · 2024Pooled it
- Readiness for implementation of novel digital health interventions for postoperative monitoring: a systematic review and clinical innovation network analysis.The Lancet. Digital health · 2023Pooled it
- Patients' Perceptions of mHealth Apps: Meta-Ethnographic Review of Qualitative Studies.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Implementation of digital remote postoperative monitoring in routine practice: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2024Trial
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- Low Preoperative Mental and Physical Health is Associated with Poorer Postoperative Recovery in Patients Undergoing Day Surgery: A Secondary Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Study.World journal of surgery · 2019Trial
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- The relationship between perceived safety and postoperative recovery in patients undergoing surgery with regional anesthesia: a cross-sectional study.BMC anesthesiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the relationship between preoperative anxiety and postoperative recovery.BMC surgery · 2026Observational
- The trajectory of kinesiophobia in patients following total knee arthroplasty: a longitudinal qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Undergoing Orthopaedic Day Surgery: What Factors Are Associated With patients' Feeling of Safety and Their Recovery?Journal of clinical nursing · 2025Article
- The bumpy road to recovery: older adults' experiences during the first year after hip replacement surgery - a longitudinal qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Turkish validity and reliability study of the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- Perception of feeling safe perioperatively: a concept analysis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Review
- Developing a mobile health application for wound telemonitoring: a pilot study on abdominal surgeries post-discharge care.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Review
- An endeavour for change and self-efficacy in transition: patient perspectives on postoperative recovery after bariatric surgery-a qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2022Article
- Development and psychometric evaluation of the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale.Nursing open · 2021Article
- The effect of COVID-19 restrictions on rehabilitation and functional outcome following total hip and knee arthroplasty during the first wave of the pandemic.Bone & joint open · 2021Article
- Swedish Web Version of the Quality of Recovery Scale Adapted for Patients Undergoing Local Anesthesia and Peripheral Nerve Blockade (SwQoR-LA): Prospective Psychometric Evaluation Study.JMIR perioperative medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is an emerging trend to perform surgeries as day surgery. After a day surgery, most of the recovery period takes place at home, and patients are responsible for their own recovery. It has been suggested that electronic health (eHealth) technologies can support patients in this process. A mobile app has recently been developed to assess and follow up on postoperative recovery after a day surgery.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to explore experiences associated with postoperative recovery after a day surgery in patients using a mobile app to assess the quality of their recovery.
methodsThis is a qualitative interview study with an explorative and descriptive design. Participants were recruited from 4 different day surgery units in different parts of Sweden. The study included 18 participants aged >17 years who had undergone day surgery and used the Recovery Assessment by Phone Points, a mobile app for follow-up on postoperative recovery after day surgery. Participants were purposively selected to ensure maximum variation. Semistructured individual interviews were conducted. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.
resultsA total of two themes and six subthemes emerged from the data: (1) the theme Give it all you've got with the subthemes Believing in own capacity, Being prepared, and Taking action, where participants described their possibilities of participating and themselves contributing to improving their postoperative recovery; and (2) the theme The importance of feeling safe and sound with the subthemes Feeling safe and reassured, Not being acknowledged, and Not being left alone, which describe the importance of support from health care professionals and next of kin.
conclusionsIt is important that patients feel safe, reassured, and acknowledged during their postoperative recovery. They can achieve this themselves with sufficient support and information from the health care organization and their next of kin. Using a mobile app, both for assessment and to enable contact with the day surgery unit during the postoperative recovery period, can improve care and create a feeling of not being alone after surgery. We propose that postoperative recovery starts in the prerecovery phase when patients prepare for their recovery to get the best possible outcome from their surgery.
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