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Throughout the world millions of patients undergo surgery each year, the burden of surgical disease being greatestin Africa, where operations could save many lives. An extensive range of procedures are available to treat patientswho require surgical intervention. A crucial part of the patient’s experience, irrespective of the type of procedure, ispostoperative recovery. Given the importance of the postop period, and the number of factors that may affect postoprecovery involved, this study was about the factors affecting post-operative recovery at Fort Portal RegionalReferral Hospital (FPRRH). A cross sectional descriptive study design that involved 384 post-surgical patients atFPRRH was used whereby the incidence of delayed postop recovery/prolonged postop hospital stay was about 8%with (overweight, underweight or obese), comorbidities, older age (> 60 years) and low socioeconomic standing allsignificantly associated with delayed postop recovery and a prolonged postop hospital stay.