Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The impact of preoperative regular exercise on mental health in patients undergoing Type II incision surgery
Authors' conclusion
Preoperative regular exercise significantly alleviates postoperative anxiety and improves both physical and mental function in patients undergoing Type II incision surgery, with these effects remaining significant after adjusting for confounders. However, its effect on improving postoperative depression is not significant.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing Type II incision surgery at a tertiary Grade A hospital in Pingxiang, July 2024 to June 2025
- Participants
- 480 patients
- Exposure
- Preoperative regular exercise vs no regular exercise
- EHn = 133
- NEHn = 347reference
- Outcome
- Postoperative mental health (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and SF-12)
- Follow-up
- 14th postoperative day
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
EH
5.3
± 2.0
NEH
8.5
± 3.3
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | EH | NEH |
|---|---|---|
| SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS) · 14th postoperative day | 49.1 ± 7.5 | 42.1 ± 8.3 |
| SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) · 14th postoperative day | 47.3 ± 7.1 | 42.8 ± 7.6 |
SF-12 Mental Component Summary (MCS) · 14th postoperative day
- Significantly higher in EH
SF-12 Physical Component Summary (PCS) · 14th postoperative day
- Significantly higher in EH
Correlation of preoperative exercise with postoperative outcomes (EH)
- Anxiety, r
- −0.55
- SF-12 PCS, r
- 0.72
- SF-12 MCS, r
- 0.60
Correlation with anxiety or depression (NEH)
- No significant correlations in NEH for anxiety or depression
Original publication
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