Introduction:

Ambulatory surgery has well-defined clinical and social inclusion criteria. The psychosocial factors cover aspects of social life together with clinical psychology interfering with adherence to ambulatory surgery.

Objective:

To map the scientific evidence on psychosocial factors of patient inclusion in ambulatory surgery.

Methods:

Scoping review conducted following the JBI and PRISMA-ScR methodology using the SCIELO and PUBMED databases and via EBSCO to CINHAL Complete, Ebook Nursing Collection, Ebook Collection (Ebsco Host) and MEDLINE using the descriptors “psychosocial factors”, “ambulatory surgery“, “cirurgia ambulatorial” and “enferm*”. The inclusion criteria were academic journals, English, Portuguese and full text and the exclusion criteria were pediatrics, duplicate articles and those that did not refer in the title ambulatory surgery and psychosocial factors. The screening and selection of articles was performed by two independent reviewers.

Results:

Two articles were included in the study which highlighted as psychosocial factors the fear of pain, anesthesia, surgery, anxiety, discomfort, the existence of a companion/caregiver at home, living with many stairs, no lift and being far from the hospital and having no transport.

Conclusion:

Psychological aspects and psychosocial needs contribute to adherence to this regime, but it is not possible to identify them as psychosocial factors of patient`s inclusion in ambulatory surgery.

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