Reliability and Validity of a New Postoperative Track Assessment Tool

NCT05092867 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 14032019
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 879
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This prospective observational study investigated the validity and reliability of a new postoperative track assessment tool. We hypothesized, first, that this tool estimates the indication and benefit of a management in an intermediate care unit (IMC). Second, we hypothesized that a) health care providers of IMC or postoperative anaesthesia care unit (PACU) have similar estimations using this tool and b) that this estimation is accurately established in the first 2 hours.

Conditions

Perioperative Complication

Keywords

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit; Intermediate Care Unit; Clinical pathways; Decision making

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Intermediate Care (IMC) indication (VASi)

  Health care raters graded the IMC indication (or allocative efficiency) for each patient on a visual analog scale grading from 0 (very low indication of an IMC management) to 100 (very high indication of an IMC management), namely VASi.

  2019/2020

• Intermediate Care benefit (VASb)

  Health care raters graded the IMC benefit (or health gain) for each patient on a visual analog scale grading from 0 (very low benefit from an IMC management) to 100 (very high benefit from an IMC management), namely VASb.

  2019/2020

Interventions

Po Tra tool OTHER

Healthcare workers filled the 2 VAS of the tool but it did not impact or change the care of the patient. (observational)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

This study was a random sample from the PACU and IMC patients' population. Included patients' variables for demographic description of the population of interest and for the validity testing were: Age in years, gender (male / female), ASA physical score classification (ASA PS), do not resuscitate order (DNR), duration of intervention (min), severity of intervention (minor/intermediate/major), type of surgery (abdominal, orthopedic, trauma and other surgical and non-surgical interventions), elective or non-elective, palliative intervention, SAPS II (admission (2 h after arrival in IMC)), NEMS (admission (2 h after arrival) and during stay in IMC), SAS. Participating raters were voluntary health care providers working in the peri-interventional unit (PACU and IMC).

You may qualify if:

• PACU patients admitted on Mondays
• IMC patients admitted 7:30am-7:30pm on weekdays

You may not qualify if:

• night admission
• PACU patient ASA \< 3 or minor intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Geneva: lead

Study Sites (1)

Geneva University Hospital

Geneva, 1205, Switzerland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Perret L, Buclin CP, Courvoisier DS, Walder B. Reliability and validity of a new postoperative track assessment tool (PoTra-tool) as a decision-making aid: A prospective observational study. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care. 2025 May 29;4(4):e0076. doi: 10.1097/EA9.0000000000000076. eCollection 2025 Aug.

  PMID: 40756574 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Walder, Professor

  University Hospital, Geneva

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2021
• First Posted: October 26, 2021
• Study Start: August 12, 2019
• Primary Completion: October 19, 2020
• Study Completion: October 30, 2020
• Last Updated: October 26, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Locations

CH (1)