The formation and fulfillment of expectations play an important role in positive subjective treatment outcomes. Julia Stuhlreyer (Project Regine Klinger, A13) discovered that patients receiving a combination of a digital health app and patient-oriented physician visits postoperatively were more likely to rate their treatment as successful, based on their stated preoperative treatment expectations. This also leads to significant reduced postoperative pain and opioid consumption.
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