AUTHOR=Ma Guozhen , Jiang Pengjun , Mo Beirong , Luo Yijun , Zhao Yongling , Wang Xingguang , Shi Chunmiao , Huang Yanhui 

TITLE=Take-Home Video Shortens the Time to First Ambulation in Patients With Inguinal Hernia Repair Under General Anesthesia: A Retrospective Observational Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 9 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.848280

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2022.848280

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Background: Data on the relationship between take-home video and the time to first ambulation remains scant. Here, we aimed to investigate whether viewed take-home video during pre-hospitalization is independently associated with the time to first ambulation in postoperative patients under general anesthesia. 
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed and analyzed the relationship between viewed take-home video and the time to first ambulation between September 2020 and October 2021. We employed the chi-squared test and One-Way ANOVA to examine differences between the 2 groups. Covariates as the stratification variables were used to assess the trend in the time to first ambulation and effect sizes on the length of stay. We then used multivariate regression analysis to construct two models to analyze independent effects of viewed take-home video on the time to first ambulation and the length of stay. 
Results: This study included a total of 120 patients under general anesthesia following day surgery. The average age of the participants in the two groups (viewed take-home video and non-viewed take-home video) was 43.16 and 44.83 years, respectively, and about 82.5% of the patients were male. Our fully adjusted linear regression results showed that individuals in the viewed video group were associated with a decreased time to first ambulation (h) after adjusting for confounders (β= -0.41, 95%CI:-0.70, -0.12). In addition, the linear regression analysis of the relationship between viewed video and length of stay showed that β= -1.79 (95%CI :CI:-3.25 ,-0.33). Similarly, subgroup analysis yielded similar results for the viewed video group patients compared to those in the non-viewed video group.
Conclusion: Taken together, our findings demonstrated that viewed video could decrease the time to first ambulation and length of stay in postoperative patients under general anesthesia.