Patient empowerment for major surgery preparation @home

PAPRIKA addresses the EIT Health Focus Area of “Bringing Care Home” because it allows people to prepare for surgery at home, reducing hospitalisation time and costs associated to surgical interventions

Interventions are planned both in the community and at the hospital, reducing unnecessary interactions between patients and tertiary care

The project integrates short-term preoperative interventions, averaging about four weeks and including endurance training, promotion of physical activity and nutritional and psychological support

Better conditions before the surgery has proved to reduce the perioperative complications and to improve patients’ health-related quality of life