Pre- and postoperative information needs

Psychological Stress: Psychoanalytic and Behavioral Studies of Surgical Patients.

Edmund H. Volkart, Irving L. Janis · American Sociological Review · 1959 · 270 citations

Medicine, Psychology, Surgery +16

Effect of Preoperative Instruction on Postoperative Outcomes

Donna Hathaway · Nursing Research · 1986 · 262 citations

Medicine, Anesthesiology, Surgery +10

A Meta-Analytic Analysis of Effects of Psychoeducational Interventions on Length of Postsurgical Hospital Stay

Elizabeth C. Devine, Thomas D. Cook · Nursing Research · 1983 · 243 citations

Education, Psychology, Surgery +16

The Relationship Between Meeting Patients' Information Needs and their Satisfaction with Hospital Care and General Health Status Outcomes

Celia O. Larson, Eugene C. Nelson, David I. Gustafson et al. · International Journal for Quality in Health Care · 1996 · 177 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Community Health, Health Communication +16

NURSING INTERVENTION WITH THE PRESURGICAL PATIENT??? THE EFFECTS OF STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED PREOPERATIVE TEACHING

Carol A. Lindeman, Betty Van Aernam · Nursing Research · 1971 · 162 citations

Nursing, Perioperative Nursing, Surgery +12