Journal article
Development of an Integrated Theory of Surgical Recovery in Older Adults
Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics, v 35(1), pp 1-14
02 Jan 2016
PMID: 26885942
Abstract
Experts argue the health care system is not prepared to meet the unique needs of older surgical patients, including how to provide the best care during the recovery phase. Nutrition plays a critical role in the recovery of surgical patients. Since older adults are at risk for malnutrition, examining the role of nutrition as a mediator for surgical recovery across the care continuum in older adults is critical. Presently there is a paucity of frameworks, models, and guidelines that integrate the role of nutrition on the trajectory of postoperative recovery in older surgical patients. The purpose of this article is to introduce the Integrated Theory of Surgical Recovery in Older Adults, an interdisciplinary middle-range theory, so that scholars, researchers, and clinicians can use this framework to promote recovery from surgery in older adults by considering the contribution of mediators of recovery (nutritional status, functional status, and frailty) unique to the older adults.
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- Title
- Development of an Integrated Theory of Surgical Recovery in Older Adults
- Creators
- Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili - Doctoral Nursing Department and Nutrition Sciences Department, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of nutrition in gerontology and geriatrics, v 35(1), pp 1-14
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84958687782
- Other Identifier
- 991019520544604721