Effects of nurse-led rehabilitation promotion program on functional capacity and complications in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: A quasi-experimental study
A matched quasi-experiment in 54 abdominal-aortic-aneurysm surgery patients found 3.19 points higher Barthel scores and fewer complications with nurse-led rehabilitation than standard care. Without randomization and with outcomes only by discharge or day five, residual differences in patients, surgery, and care cannot be excluded.