Table 5 Effects of educational interventions on key factors

Clinical outcomes

Clinical practice change

1

[30]

Hospitalization reduction

2

[35, 38]

Reduction of patients' depression and anxiety

1

9

[18, 21, 26,27,28, 32,33,34, 36]

Reduction of patients' post-operative delirium

2

[36, 42]

Patient care improvement

2

15

[5, 12, 15, 17, 21, 22, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36,37,38,39,40,41, 43]

Patient-reported outcomes

Patient satisfaction improvement

1

4

[8, 26, 27, 36, 40]

Family satisfaction improvement

2

[26, 36]

Patient knowledge improvement

1

2

[5, 15, 23]

Lifestyle changes

1

[25]

Economic outcomes

Reduction in cost of care

3

[24, 36, 41]

Reduction in hospital readmissions and stays

5

[24, 36, 38, 41, 43]

Reduction in cost of follow up

1

[33]

Total effects

6

45