Patient’s perceptive of operative management in soft tissue sarcoma
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
The expectations of the patient prior to surgical intervention can affect the final surgical outcome. This study evaluates the relationship between patient’s outcome expectations and health related quality of index. The data was collected of 38 patients over four years and patient’s expectations and functional outcome along with health related quality of life index was measured. Patients who were expecting difficult recovery and uncertain expectations had worse functional outcomes than patients anticipating early and easy recovery. Patients who had uncertain expectations shall benefit individualized preoperative education so as to improve their functional outcome. Keywords: sarcoma; patient expectations; functional outcome.
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Geetika Dhir, Kavin Khatri, Tajinder Bhalla, Darsh Goyal, Deepak Bansal
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