Cost-effectiveness of prehabilitation of elderly frail or pre-frail patients prior to elective surgery (PRAEP-GO) versus usual care – Protocol for a health economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial

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[2] Peña M(2021)Developing a toolbox for identifying when to engage senior surgeons in emergency general surgery: a multicenter cohort study Int J Surg 85 30-9

[3] Cohen A(2022)Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in surgical patients admitted to intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis Br J Anaesth 128 258-71

[4] Ehsani H(2023)Modified frailty index as a predictor of postoperative complications and patient-reported outcomes after posterior cervical decompression and fusion Asian Spine J 17 313-21

[5] Joseph B(2021)Frailty and pre-frailty in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 66,448 patients J Cardiothorac Surg 16 184-704

[6] Fain M(2022)The association of frailty with outcomes after cancer surgery: a systematic review and metaanalysis Ann Surg Oncol 29 4690-1163.e17

[7] Yu X(2016)Frailty and the prediction of negative health outcomes: a meta-analysis J Am Med Dir Assoc 17 1163.e1-18

[8] Hu Y(2018)Effectiveness of multimodal training on functional capacity in frail older people: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials J Aging Phys Act 26 407-66

[9] Wang Z(2023)Prehabilitation versus no prehabilitation to improve functional capacity, reduce postoperative complications and improve quality of life in colorectal cancer surgery Cochrane Database Syst Rev 5 CD013259-78

[10] He X(2023)Prehabilitation for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA Netw Open 6 e238050-42

[1] Ruiz M(2021)Physical and cognitive function assessment to predict postoperative outcomes of abdominal surgery J Surg Res 267 495-505

[2] Peña M(2021)Developing a toolbox for identifying when to engage senior surgeons in emergency general surgery: a multicenter cohort study Int J Surg 85 30-9

[3] Cohen A(2022)Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in surgical patients admitted to intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis Br J Anaesth 128 258-71

[4] Ehsani H(2023)Modified frailty index as a predictor of postoperative complications and patient-reported outcomes after posterior cervical decompression and fusion Asian Spine J 17 313-21

[5] Joseph B(2021)Frailty and pre-frailty in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 66,448 patients J Cardiothorac Surg 16 184-704

[6] Fain M(2022)The association of frailty with outcomes after cancer surgery: a systematic review and metaanalysis Ann Surg Oncol 29 4690-1163.e17

[7] Yu X(2016)Frailty and the prediction of negative health outcomes: a meta-analysis J Am Med Dir Assoc 17 1163.e1-18

[8] Hu Y(2018)Effectiveness of multimodal training on functional capacity in frail older people: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials J Aging Phys Act 26 407-66

[9] Wang Z(2023)Prehabilitation versus no prehabilitation to improve functional capacity, reduce postoperative complications and improve quality of life in colorectal cancer surgery Cochrane Database Syst Rev 5 CD013259-78

[10] He X(2023)Prehabilitation for patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis JAMA Netw Open 6 e238050-42