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Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact
OBJECTIVES: To quantify the economic and psychological impact of the cancellation of operations due to winter pressures on patients, their families and the economy. DESIGN: This questionnaire study was designed with the help of patient groups. Data were collected on the economic and financial burden...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31519672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028753 |
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author | Herrod, Philip J J Adiamah, Alfred Boyd-Carson, Hannah Daliya, Prita El-Sharkawy, Ahmed M Sarmah, Panchali B Hossain, Tanvir Couch, Jennifer Sian, Tanvir S Wragg, Andrew Andrew, David R Parsons, Simon L Lobo, Dileep N |
author_facet | Herrod, Philip J J Adiamah, Alfred Boyd-Carson, Hannah Daliya, Prita El-Sharkawy, Ahmed M Sarmah, Panchali B Hossain, Tanvir Couch, Jennifer Sian, Tanvir S Wragg, Andrew Andrew, David R Parsons, Simon L Lobo, Dileep N |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To quantify the economic and psychological impact of the cancellation of operations due to winter pressures on patients, their families and the economy. DESIGN: This questionnaire study was designed with the help of patient groups. Data were collected on the economic and financial burden of cancellations. Emotions were also quantified on a 5-point Likert scale. SETTING: Five NHS Hospital Trusts in the East Midlands region of England. PARTICIPANTS: We identified 796 participants who had their elective operations cancelled between 1 November 2017 and 31 March 2018 and received responses from 339 (43%) participants. INTERVENTIONS: Participants were posted a modified version of a validated quality of life questionnaire with a prepaid return envelope. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measures were the financial and psychological impact of the cancellation of elective surgery on patients and their families. RESULTS: Of the 339 respondents, 163 (48%) were aged <65 years, with 111 (68%) being in employment. Sixty-six (19%) participants had their operations cancelled on the day. Only 69 (62%) of working adults were able to return to work during the time scheduled for their operation, with a mean loss of 5 working days (SD 10). Additional working days were lost subsequently by 60 (54%) participants (mean 7 days (SD 10)). Family members of 111 (33%) participants required additional time off work (mean 5 days (SD 7)). Over 30% of participants reported extreme levels of sadness, disappointment, anger, frustration and stress. At least moderate concern about continued symptoms was reported by 234 (70%) participants, and 193 (59%) participants reported at least moderate concern about their deteriorating condition. CONCLUSIONS: The cancellation of elective surgery during the winter had an adverse impact on patients and the economy, including days of work lost and health-related anxiety. We recommend better planning, and provision of more notice and better support to patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-67476662019-09-27 Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact Herrod, Philip J J Adiamah, Alfred Boyd-Carson, Hannah Daliya, Prita El-Sharkawy, Ahmed M Sarmah, Panchali B Hossain, Tanvir Couch, Jennifer Sian, Tanvir S Wragg, Andrew Andrew, David R Parsons, Simon L Lobo, Dileep N BMJ Open Surgery OBJECTIVES: To quantify the economic and psychological impact of the cancellation of operations due to winter pressures on patients, their families and the economy. DESIGN: This questionnaire study was designed with the help of patient groups. Data were collected on the economic and financial burden of cancellations. Emotions were also quantified on a 5-point Likert scale. SETTING: Five NHS Hospital Trusts in the East Midlands region of England. PARTICIPANTS: We identified 796 participants who had their elective operations cancelled between 1 November 2017 and 31 March 2018 and received responses from 339 (43%) participants. INTERVENTIONS: Participants were posted a modified version of a validated quality of life questionnaire with a prepaid return envelope. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome measures were the financial and psychological impact of the cancellation of elective surgery on patients and their families. RESULTS: Of the 339 respondents, 163 (48%) were aged <65 years, with 111 (68%) being in employment. Sixty-six (19%) participants had their operations cancelled on the day. Only 69 (62%) of working adults were able to return to work during the time scheduled for their operation, with a mean loss of 5 working days (SD 10). Additional working days were lost subsequently by 60 (54%) participants (mean 7 days (SD 10)). Family members of 111 (33%) participants required additional time off work (mean 5 days (SD 7)). Over 30% of participants reported extreme levels of sadness, disappointment, anger, frustration and stress. At least moderate concern about continued symptoms was reported by 234 (70%) participants, and 193 (59%) participants reported at least moderate concern about their deteriorating condition. CONCLUSIONS: The cancellation of elective surgery during the winter had an adverse impact on patients and the economy, including days of work lost and health-related anxiety. We recommend better planning, and provision of more notice and better support to patients. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6747666/ /pubmed/31519672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028753 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Surgery Herrod, Philip J J Adiamah, Alfred Boyd-Carson, Hannah Daliya, Prita El-Sharkawy, Ahmed M Sarmah, Panchali B Hossain, Tanvir Couch, Jennifer Sian, Tanvir S Wragg, Andrew Andrew, David R Parsons, Simon L Lobo, Dileep N Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title | Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title_full | Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title_fullStr | Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title_full_unstemmed | Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title_short | Winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the UK: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
title_sort | winter cancellations of elective surgical procedures in the uk: a questionnaire survey of patients on the economic and psychological impact |
topic | Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6747666/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31519672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028753 |
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