👋 Hello everyone – it’s that time again and I’m back with another journal watch!

For a bit of context, so far there are 65 papers published just in February that cover prehabilitation. I’ve selected 3 to cover a range of topics so hopefully, there’s something to interest everyone.

1. Can smart technology really be used for prehabilitation in frail patients?

📄 Barriers and facilitators to smartwatch-based prehabilitation participation among frail surgery patients: a qualitative study [Link to Paper]

2. Do we need to define a core set of outcomes to help us compare prehabilitation studies?

📄  Outcome Heterogeneity in Prehabilitation Trials-Are We Comparing Apples and Oranges? [Link to Paper]

3. What prehabilitation are we actually providing in the UK?

📄 Prehabilitation provision and practice in the UK: a freedom of information survey [Link to Paper]
 

🔗 You can find the articles by clicking on the link in brackets. If you don’t have access to the journals, many can be accessed using an NHS Athens account: click here to sign up

If you’re not an NHS worker and/or are struggling to access the articles please let me know. 

As always I’d love to hear your thoughts!