Using Creative Activities to Improve the Postoperative Experience of Adult Patients

• DOI: 10.1002/ohn.1208
• Publication Date: 2025-03-12T05:10:05Z
• Authors: Sana Batool; Ashish Dahal; Tejas S. Athni; James G. Naples
• Keywords: Patient Experience

Unlike pediatric care that often benefits from child-life services, adult hospitals rarely offer structured engagement activities for postsurgical patients. To address this, we conducted a prospective, randomized survey-based study to evaluate the impact of creative on inpatient experiences. Patients undergoing surgery between January and September 2023 were randomly assigned either standard postoperative course or one received an entertainment packet. Both cohorts completed survey about their hospital experience. The intervention group reported significantly higher satisfaction: 95% agreed strongly with "I am satisfied my experience," compared 65% in control (P = .045). Additionally, cohort positive experience 80% found stay engaging versus 30% .028 P .001, respectively). These findings suggest can improve