Joana Berger-Estilita, Isabel Marcolino, Mia Gisselbaek, Christian Seidl, Thomas W Buehrer, Ines Fortuna, Basak C Meco, Finn M Radtke, Sarah Saxena
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Abstract
Background: Value-based healthcare emphasises patient-centred outcomes. However, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) and Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) remain underused in peri-operative care. Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious complication associated with increased morbidity and healthcare costs. Understanding the prognostic value of PROMs and PREMs may support identification and prevention of POD in the postoperative anaesthesia care unit (PACU).
Objectives: We assessed the association between peri-operative patient-reported symptoms and PACU POD using systematically collected PROMs and PREMs (including pain, anxiety, thirst, stress, and satisfaction), following the implementation of a brain protection care bundle.
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Setting: A single-centre study in a secondary-care private hospital in Switzerland from January 2023 to January 2024.
Patients: 1419 adults undergoing elective or urgent surgery. Exclusion criteria included age <18 years, inability to provide consent, language barriers, need for postoperative mechanical ventilation, or pre-operative Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (Nu-DESC > or equal to 2).
Interventions: Implementation of the Safe Brain Initiative (SBI) care bundle, incorporating 18 multidisciplinary, nonpharmacologic strategies to optimise peri-operative brain health.
Main outcome measures: The primary outcome was PACU POD incidence, assessed using the Nu-DESC at emergence and PACU discharge. Secondary outcomes included associations between PACU POD and pre-operative PROMs (pain, anxiety, stress, nausea) and PREMs (satisfaction, well being).
Results: PACU POD occurred in 19.6% of patients. Pre-operative anxiety (NRS > 7) was an independent predictor of POD ( P = 0.012). Pre-operative PROMs showed increasing trends, while postoperative symptoms (pain, anxiety, nausea) significantly decreased. Patients with POD reported lower well being scores despite high satisfaction in other PREM domains.
Conclusions: Pre-operative anxiety and stress strongly predict PACU POD, supporting early risk stratification and targeted interventions. Integrating PROMs and PREMs into peri-operative workflows enhances patient-centred care.
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The European Journal of Anaesthesiology (EJA) publishes original work of high scientific quality in the field of anaesthesiology, pain, emergency medicine and intensive care. Preference is given to experimental work or clinical observation in man, and to laboratory work of clinical relevance. The journal also publishes commissioned reviews by an authority, editorials, invited commentaries, special articles, pro and con debates, and short reports (correspondences, case reports, short reports of clinical studies).