Refereed journal article or data article (A1)
The quality of recovery on discharge from hospital, a comparison between patients undergoing hip and knee replacement – a European study
List of Authors: Johansson Stark å, Charalambous A, Istomina N, Salanterä S, Sigurdardottir A.K, Sourtzi P, Valkeapää K, Zabalegui A, Bachrach-Lindström M
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Journal of Clinical Nursing
Volume number: 25
Issue number: 17-18
Start page: 2489
End page: 2501
Number of pages: 13
ISSN: 0962-1067
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13278
Abstract
Negative preoperative emotions were related to poorer quality of recovery. For both kinds of arthroplasty, greater satisfaction with care was associated with better quality of recovery.