Could patients experience less pain and possibly have better recovery outcomes if their fears or emotional issues were addressed before surgery?
Three researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, recently developed a predictive model to examine that question.
Rebecca Koszalinski, assistant professor in the College of Nursing; Anahita Khojandi, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Tickle College of Engineering; and Bruce Ramshaw, a physician and adjunct professor in the Haslam College of Business, examined data collected from 102 patients who underwent ventral hernia repair surgery.
Read more about their research at news.utk.edu