Table 2

Basic methodological details in the included studies

Authors and yearCountryParticipantsMethodology and data collectionMethod of analysis
Galli et al, 201529Italy13 pancreatic surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological approach
Svensson-Raskh et al, 202030Sweden23 abdominal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewContent analysis
Blazeby et al, 201031UK20 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewGrounded theory
Reynolds et al, 201832Australia417 robot-assisted radical prostatectomy patientsMixed-methods open-ended questions, focus groups and telephone interviewsThematic analysis
Phillips et al, 201933UK7 non-cancer gynaecology patientsQualitative interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Poland et al, 201734UK97 colorectal surgery patients, 19 carers and 22 clinical staffQualitative observations, questionnaires, semistructured longitudinal interview, focus groups and documentation reviewThematic analysis
Rattray et al, 201935Australia16 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewThematic analysis
Wennström et al, 202036Sweden65 colorectal surgery patientsMixed-methods two open-ended questions in the questionnaireContent analysis
Aasa et al, 201337Sweden12 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Gillis et al, 201938Canada27 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative narrative interviews and focus groupsThematic analysis
Gillis et al, 201739Canada27 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative narrative interviews and focus groupsGrounded theory
Krogsgaard et al, 201440Denmark7 colonic cancer surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Short et al, 201641UK16 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewThematic analysis
Evans et al, 202142USA14 minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy patientsQualitative semistructured interviewGrounded theory
Liu et al, 201943China46 neurosurgical surgery patientsMixed-methods semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Jakobsson et al, 201744Sweden10 colorectal cancer surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewDescriptive phenomenological analysis
Rydmark and Berterö, 202145Sweden16 abdominal gynaecological surgery patientsQualitative interviewThematic analysis
Lithner et al, 201546Sweden16 colorectal cancer surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewContent analysis
Donsel and Missel, 202147Denmark15 thoracic surgery patientsQualitative non-structured interviewHermeneutical analysis
Samuelsson et al, 201848Sweden16 colorectal cancer surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewContent analysis
Dos Santos Marques et al, 202049USA43 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative focus groupsThematic analysis
Norlyk and Harder, 200950Denmark16 colonic surgery patientsQualitative in-depth interviewsDescriptive phenomenological analysis
Vandrevala et al, 201651UK20 liver surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewThematic analysis
Archer et al, 201452UK14 cancer gynaecological surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Sjøveian and Leegaard, 201753Norway12 hip or knee arthroplasty patientsQualitative semistructured interviewContent analysis
Fielden et al, 200354New Zealand33 total hip-joint replacement surgery patientsQualitative in-depth and semistructured interviewsThematic analysis
Heine et al, 200455Australia5 total hip replacement surgery patientsQualitative in-depth unstructured interviewsGrounded theory
Webster et al, 201456Canada12 hip or knee replacement surgery patientsQualitative interviewSecondary analysis
Fecher-Jones and Taylor, 201557UK11 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis
Wagner et al, 200558Denmark10 hysterectomy surgery patientsQualitative semistructured interviewTypical-type methodology
Jonsson et al, 201159Sweden13 colorectal surgery patientsQualitative interviewInterpretative phenomenological analysis