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Preoperative Education is Associated with Adherence to Downstream Components and Outcomes in a Colorectal Surgery
Bayley A Jones1, Joshua Richman1, Michael Rubyan2
1From the Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Summary
Preoperative education significantly improves patient adherence to enhanced recovery programs (ERPs) after colorectal surgery. This leads to shorter hospital stays and better surgical outcomes, highlighting its importance in patient care.
Area of Science:
- Surgical Outcomes Research
- Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERPs)
- Patient Adherence Studies
Background:
- Enhanced Recovery Programs (ERPs) are established to improve surgical patient outcomes.
- Preoperative education is a key component of ERPs, but its impact on other ERP elements and overall outcomes remains incompletely understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the association between preoperative education and adherence to downstream components of enhanced recovery programs (ERPs).
- To assess the impact of preoperative education on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective cohort study of 997 patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery between 2019 and 2022.
- Data linkage between institutional ERP database and ACS-NSQIP data, stratified by preoperative education adherence.
- Primary outcomes: adherence to individual ERP components; Secondary outcomes: high-level ERP adherence, length of stay (LOS), readmissions, and 30-day complications.
Main Results:
- Patients receiving preoperative education (88%) showed significantly higher adherence to multiple ERP components, including no prolonged fasting, preoperative blocks, multimodal analgesia, and early regular diet.
- High-level ERP adherence was 13.4% higher and LOS was 2.0 days shorter in patients with preoperative education.
- Classification and regression tree analysis identified preoperative education as a key predictor for adherence to early diet, LOS, and high-level ERP adherence.
Conclusions:
- Preoperative education is strongly associated with improved adherence to enhanced recovery program components.
- This adherence translates to better surgical outcomes, including reduced length of stay.
- Preoperative education is a critical factor for optimizing ERP effectiveness and patient recovery.
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