Fig 1.
Study flow chart.
Fig 2.
Conventional care and intervention as related to the overall care process.
Fig 3.
Specific intervention events as related to selected events in the care process for patients undergoing CRC surgery, and data collection time points.
Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants.
Fig 4.
Trajectories of patient preparedness for surgery and recovery.
Table 2.
Structural equation modelling results.
Fig 5.
Trajectories of global health/quality of life, cognitive, emotional, role, social, and physical functioning.
Fig 6.
Trajectories of distress.
Table 3.
Patients’ behaviour for seeking healthcare (N = 488).