title: Postoperative nursing care contributions to symptom distress and functional status after ambulatory surgery.
abstract: The relationship of postoperative patient-perceived nurse caring behaviors to symptom distress and functional status in 100 adult ambulatory surgical patients was examined. These behaviors explained 9.3% to 18.2% of the variance in functional status on the 1st, 4th, and 7th day postsurgery, and 10% of the variance in symptom distress on the 7th postoperative day after controlling for ASA physical status classification, preoperative symptom distress, and preoperative functional status.
authors.affiliation: Myers Recreation Center, Penn Nursing Network, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Swan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome