Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The effect of patient resilience on perioperative outcomes: a scoping review
Authors' conclusion
Resilience measurement and its association with perioperative outcomes are variable.
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing surgery with preoperative resilience measurement
- Participants
- 11; 710 adults · 74 studies
- Outcome
- Resilience measurement and association with postoperative outcomes
Methodological detailsnarrative synthesis, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim framework
- Narrative synthesis
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement Triple Aim framework
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Validated tools used to measure resilience
- 7
- Brief Resilience Scale
- n=31; 41.9%
- Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
- n=22; 29.7%
- Resilience assessed at a single timepoint (studies)
- 54
- Resilience assessed at multiple timepoints (studies)
- 20
- Studies exploring associations of preoperative resilience with postoperative outcomes
- 36 (n=6802)
- Reported on patient experience domain
- 25 (69.4%)
- Reported on health outcomes
- 26 (72.2%)
- Reported on cost
- 3 (8.3%)
Original publication
The effect of patient resilience on perioperative outcomes: a scoping review. Br J Anaesth. Published 17 October 2025. doi:10.
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