Open AccessPatients Recovering From Abdominal Surgery Who Walked With Volunteers Exhibited Improved Postoperative Recovery Profiles During Hospitalization
Author(s) -
Cakir Ugur,
Kargi Ertugrul,
Koc Bunyamin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1432-2323
pISSN - 0364-2313
DOI - 10.1007/s00268-014-2771-0
Subject(s) - mental health , medicine , abdominal surgery , intervention (counseling) , depression (economics) , vascular surgery , cardiac surgery , physical therapy , psychiatry , surgery , economics , macroeconomics
Background Early walking as part of a perioperative care program benefits patients who have had surgery. However, the impact of early walking by itself on the mental and physical recovery of postoperative patients has not been examined.