ArticleAnnals of surgery2025
"There's So Much That They're Enduring": Experiences of Older Adults Undergoing Major Elective Surgery.
Article in Annals of surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Perioperative Depression and Anxiety Care in Older Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Implementing PST in older adults facing major surgery: a randomised controlled pilot study.BMJ open · 2025Trial
- Evaluating challenges care-partners and older adults confront after major elective surgery: A multimethods study.Surgery · 2026Article
- Beyond the operating room: Holistic support for frail surgical patients.Journal of clinical anesthesia · 2026Article
- Recovery Experiences of Older Adults and Their Caregivers After Major Elective Noncardiac Surgery.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Recovery capital: a concept analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
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objectiveThis qualitative study aimed to explore the psychosocial experience of older adults undergoing major elective surgery from the perspective of both the patient and family caregiver. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Older adults face unique psychological and social vulnerabilities that can increase susceptibility to poor health outcomes. How these vulnerabilities influence surgical treatment and recovery is understudied in the geriatric surgical population.
methodsAdults aged 65 and older undergoing a high-risk major elective surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and their caregivers were recruited. Semi-structured interviews were conducted at three time points: 1 to 2 weeks before surgery, and at 1- and 3-months following surgery. An inductive qualitative approach was used to identify underlying themes.
resultsTwenty-five older adult patients (age range 65-82 years, 60% male) and 11 caregivers (age range 53-78 years, 82% female) participated. Three themes were identified. First, older surgical patients experienced significant challenges to emotional well-being both before and after surgery, which had a negative impact on recovery. Second, older adults relied on a combination of personal and social resources to navigate these challenges. Lastly, both patients and caregivers desired more resources from the healthcare system to address " the emotional piece" of surgical treatment and recovery.
conclusionsOlder adults and their caregivers described multiple overlapping challenges to emotional well-being that spanned the course of the perioperative period. Our findings highlight a critical component of perioperative care with significant implications for the recovery of older surgical patients.
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