• Roberto Angioli, Francesco Plotti, Stella Capriglione, Alessia Aloisi, Maria Elisa Aloisi, Daniela Luvero, Andrea Miranda, Roberto Montera, Matteo Gulino, and Paola Frati.
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: r.angioli@unicampus.it.
• Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 2014 Jun 1;177:67-71.

ObjectivesTo evaluate the verbal and written preoperative information in patients undergoing surgery for malignant gynaecologic disease, in terms of satisfaction about preoperative received informations, hospitalization days, postoperative pain experienced using visual analogue scale (VAS) and number of pain drugs used daily.Study DesignFrom January 2008 to December 2012, consecutive patients with diagnosis of endometrial cancer, referred to the Division of Gynecology of University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, were enrolled. Eligible subjects were randomized into two groups: Group V (Verbal information ward) consisted of patients who had verbal preoperative information about surgical procedure and postoperative management and Group W (Written Information ward) consisted of patients who had written preoperative information. All preoperative and postoperative data were recorded. Concerning satisfaction about preoperative received informations, patients were asked to complete the QLQ-C30 and the EORTC INFO25.Results190 patients were considered in this study. Group W (n=92) has a better info satisfaction (p=0.0008, statistically significant), a mean VAS value lower (p=0.02, statistically significant) and also a lower number of hospitalization days (p=0.0265, statistically significant) and pain medications used daily, (p=0.0120, statistically significant), comparing with group V (n=98).ConclusionsWe support the use of preoperative information leaflet to better prepare patients for a surgical procedure, showing a faster recovery, low medications use and a better quality of life outcome.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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