How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

NCT00785096 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 30-2008
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 615
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Perception, surgical complications, patients, nurses and physicians

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• To assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures

  August 2008- December 2009

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Association to the Clavien Dindo Classification

  August 2008 - December 2009

Study Arms (3)

Patients

Patients who admit for a minor or major surgical intervention

Other: Questionnaire

Nurses

Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich

Other: Questionnaire

Physicians

Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich and other institutions

Other: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire OTHER

Questionnaire, complications, grading severity, visual analog scale

Nurses; Patients; Physicians

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who will admit for a minor or major surgical procedure Nurses from the University Hospital of Zurich Different physicians of the University Hospital of Zurich (surgeons, anesthesia, urologist ans ICU-care specialists)and other institutions.

You may qualify if:

• Age: ≥ 18 years
• Capacity to act and no legal guardian
• Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery
• German language as daily language.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
• Patients unable to read and write

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Zurich: lead

Study Sites (1)

Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 4, 2008
• First Posted: November 5, 2008
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: February 10, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02

Locations

CH (1)