Understanding patient-reported knowledge of hernia surgery: a quantitative study.

Autor: Jiménez DR; Geriatric Service, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain., López-Cano M; Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain. mlpezcano@gmail.com., Gonçalves VR; Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain., Tremolosa MV; Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, Department of General Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain., Serra JS; Service of Anesthesia and Resuscitation, Hospital Universitario de Tarragona Joan XXIII, Tarragoa, Spain., Bravo-Salva A; Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain.; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain., Rodríguez JAP; Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Universitario del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain.; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery [Hernia] 2022 Jun; Vol. 26 (3), pp. 761-768. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 20.
DOI: 10.1007/s10029-021-02521-6
Abstrakt: Purpose: The objective of this study was to gather information on patient-reported knowledge (PRK) in the field of hernia surgery.
Methods: A prospective quantitative study was designed to explore different aspects of PRK and opinions regarding hernia surgery. Patients referred for the first time to a surgical service with a presumed diagnosis of hernia and eventual hernia repair were eligible, and those who gave consent completed a simple self-assessment questionnaire before the clinical visit.
Results: The study population included 449 patients (72.8% men, mean age 61.5). Twenty (4.5%) patients did not have hernia on physical examination. The patient's perceived health status was "neither bad nor good" or "good" in 56.6% of cases. Also, more patients considered that hernia repair would be an easy procedure (35.1%) rather than a difficult one (9.8%). Although patients were referred by their family physicians, 32 (7.1%) answered negatively to the question of coming to the visit to assess the presence of a hernia. The most important reason of the medical visit was to receive medical advice (77.7%), to be operated on as soon as possible (40.1%) or to be included in the surgical waiting list (35.9%). Also, 46.1% of the patients considered that they should undergo a hernia repair and 56.8% that surgery will be a definitive solution.
Conclusion: PRK of patients referred for the first time to an abdominal wall surgery unit with a presumed diagnosis of hernia was quite limited and there is still a long way towards improving knowledge of hernia surgery.
(© 2021. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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