Article
The Virtue of Optimistic Realism- Expectation Fulfillment Predicts Patient-Rated Global Effectiveness of Total Hip Arthroplasty
2020-07-09
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Emerging evidence highlights the importance of preoperative expectations in predicting patient-reported outcomes of orthopedic surgeries. To date, it is still a matter of controversy whether patient satisfaction can be maximized by promoting either optimistic or realistic outcome expectations before surgery. Adjusting overly optimistic outcome expectancies in favor of a more realistic outlook...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1448a427-2b02-5a7c-972c-0b90d9b4a5dd
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-38137/v1
