Reduction of emotional and physical harm at surgery cancellation - Development, pilot-testing and evaluation of a complex intervention
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Aarhus University Hospital
This project concerns the issue of harm in relation to surgery cancellation. Surgery cancellation is an ongoing challenge in healthcare systems, and it may cause emotionally and physically harm on patients, including feelings such as lack of control, anxiety and mistrust. Furthermore, symptoms such as sleeping disturbances, stomach trouble and depression in the new waiting period. Thus, the purpose of this project is to explore how the health sector can manage surgery cancellation in a far more systematic and supportive manner by developing a Surgery Cancellation Care Programme, pilot-testing and evaluating the effect. The care program will contain different components at the cancellation procedure and in the new waiting period tailored patients' individual needs. Our goal is to reduce anxiety and depression, raise quality of life and care experience in patients. A strong supervisor team with national and international participants will support completion of the project.
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