A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study
Objective This study aims to further develop the concept analysis by Allvin et al in 2007 and Lundmark et al in 2016 from the perspective of day-surgery patients. Also, to describe how patients experience postoperative recovery in relation to the identified dimensions and subdimensions and to interp...
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| author | Maria Jaensson Karuna Dahlberg Ulrica Nilsson Karin Hugelius Erebouni Arakelian |
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| description | Objective This study aims to further develop the concept analysis by Allvin et al in 2007 and Lundmark et al in 2016 from the perspective of day-surgery patients. Also, to describe how patients experience postoperative recovery in relation to the identified dimensions and subdimensions and to interpret the findings in order to get a deeper understanding of the concept postoperative recovery.Design Descriptive qualitative design with a theoretical thematic analysis.Setting Six day-surgery departments in Sweden.Participants Thirty-eight adult participants who had undergone day surgery in Sweden. Participants were purposively selected.Results Four dimensions—physical, psychological, social and habitual—were confirmed. A total of eight subdimensions were also confirmed, two from Allvin et al’s study and six from Lundmark et al’s study. Recovery included physical symptoms and challenges coping with and regaining control over symptoms and bodily functions. Both positive and negative emotions were present, and strategies on how to handle emotions and achieve well-being were established. Patients became dependent on others. They coped with and adapted to the recovery process and gradually stabilised, reaching a new stable state.Conclusion Postoperative recovery was described as a process with a clear starting point, and as a dynamic and individual process leading to an experience of a new stable state. The recovery process included physical symptoms, emotions and social and habitual consequences that challenges them. To follow-up and measure all four dimensions of postoperative recovery in order to support and understand the process of postoperative recovery is, therefore, recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad153d032db34db09e4cebce5c0765fd2025-01-07T10:55:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-09-0110910.1136/bmjopen-2020-037755A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative studyMaria Jaensson0Karuna Dahlberg1Ulrica Nilsson2Karin Hugelius3Erebouni Arakelian4Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SwedenFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, SwedenPerioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm, SwedenFaculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, SwedenDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SwedenObjective This study aims to further develop the concept analysis by Allvin et al in 2007 and Lundmark et al in 2016 from the perspective of day-surgery patients. Also, to describe how patients experience postoperative recovery in relation to the identified dimensions and subdimensions and to interpret the findings in order to get a deeper understanding of the concept postoperative recovery.Design Descriptive qualitative design with a theoretical thematic analysis.Setting Six day-surgery departments in Sweden.Participants Thirty-eight adult participants who had undergone day surgery in Sweden. Participants were purposively selected.Results Four dimensions—physical, psychological, social and habitual—were confirmed. A total of eight subdimensions were also confirmed, two from Allvin et al’s study and six from Lundmark et al’s study. Recovery included physical symptoms and challenges coping with and regaining control over symptoms and bodily functions. Both positive and negative emotions were present, and strategies on how to handle emotions and achieve well-being were established. Patients became dependent on others. They coped with and adapted to the recovery process and gradually stabilised, reaching a new stable state.Conclusion Postoperative recovery was described as a process with a clear starting point, and as a dynamic and individual process leading to an experience of a new stable state. The recovery process included physical symptoms, emotions and social and habitual consequences that challenges them. To follow-up and measure all four dimensions of postoperative recovery in order to support and understand the process of postoperative recovery is, therefore, recommended.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e037755.full |
| spellingShingle | Maria Jaensson Karuna Dahlberg Ulrica Nilsson Karin Hugelius Erebouni Arakelian A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study BMJ Open |
| title | A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study |
| title_full | A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study |
| title_short | A journey to a new stable state—further development of the postoperative recovery concept from day surgical perspective: a qualitative study |
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