Perioperative medicine & outcomes
‘It was a great brain, and I miss it’: lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Authors' conclusion
There is misalignment between professional and lay understandings of POCD.
Study context
- Population
- Website users commenting on a Guardian article on long-term risks of surgery (April 2022)84 comments analysed
- Participants
- 67 users
- Outcome
- Themes in lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD)
Methodological detailsinductive thematic analysis, online user comments
- Inductive thematic analysis
- Online user comments
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Importance of functional impact
- Attribution to a range of causes, particularly GA rather than consciousness-preserving anaesthesia
- Inadequate preparation and response by healthcare providers
Original publication
‘It was a great brain, and I miss it’: lay perspectives on postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Br J Anaesth. Published 1 March 2023. doi:10.
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