Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery: a narrative review
Authors' conclusion
Prehabilitation must be implemented carefully to avoid widening inequalities.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing prehabilitation before cancer surgery
- Outcome
- Inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery
Methodological detailsDatabase search of peer-reviewed research plus citation tracking, grey literature and personal libraries
- Database search of peer-reviewed research plus citation tracking, grey literature and personal libraries
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Prehabilitation is under-researched in many cancers
- People with lower health literacy, from minority ethnic groups and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to engage, despite often worse peri-operative outcomes
Original publication
The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery: a narrative review. Anaesthesia. Published 8 January 2025. doi:10.
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