Prehabilitation in colorectal surgery is evolving and may minimise postoperative morbidity and mortality. With many different healthcare professionals contributing to the prehabilitation literature, there is significant variation in reported primary endpoints that restricts comparison. In addition, there has been limited work on patient related outcome measures suggesting that colorectal patients’ needs and issues are being overlooked. The DiSCO Study (Defining Standards in Colorectal Optimisation) aims to achieve international consensus from all stakeholders on key standards to provide a framework for reporting future prehabilitation research.
ContributorsSusan J Moug, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Honorary Professor, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley and University of Glasgow, UK. susan.moug@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Sue Blackwell, Patient Representative, Liverpool, UK. sueblackwell5@gmail.com
Rebecca Fish, Consultant Colorectal and Peritoneal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. becca.j.fish@gmail.com
Disease Category: Other
Disease Name: Colorectal disease
Age Range: 18 - 100
Sex: Either
Nature of Intervention: Surgery
- Charities
- Clinical experts
- Conference participants
- Consumers (caregivers)
- Consumers (patients)
- Families
- Patient/ support group representatives
- Policy makers
- Researchers
- Service commissioners
- Service providers
- Service users
- COS for clinical trials or clinical research
- COS for practice
- Consensus meeting
- Delphi process
- Systematic review
Stage 1: systematic review and PPI day.
Stage 2: 3 round online international Delphi.
Stage 3: Consensus meeting