title: Tools for the assessment of the recovery process following discharge from day surgery: a literature review.
abstract: This literature review provides an overview of ten studies which assessed the patient's general recovery after discharge from hospital following elective surgery and anaesthesia. Ten multi-dimensional tools were identified and these included six common domain assessments: pain, physiological function, activities of daily living (ADL), emotions, nausea/vomiting and nutrition/elimination. Most of the tools assessed the recovery process by using patient-subjective reported outcomes on visual analogue (VAS) or pre-graded scales.
authors.forename: M Warrén
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stomberg
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saxborn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gambreus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brattwall
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Jakobsson
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge