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

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00785096
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 5, 2008
Last Update Posted : February 10, 2015
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ksenija Slankamenac, University of Zurich

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

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
Healthy Other: Questionnaire

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 615 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Perception of Surgical Complications - Agreements Among Patients, Nurses and Physicians
Study Start Date : January 2009
Actual Primary Completion Date : December 2009
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2009
Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
Patients
Patients who admit for a minor or major surgical intervention
 Other: Questionnaire
Questionnaire, complications, grading severity, visual analog scale
Nurses
Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich
 Other: Questionnaire
Questionnaire, complications, grading severity, visual analog scale
Physicians
Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich and other institutions
 Other: Questionnaire
Questionnaire, complications, grading severity, visual analog scale


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. To assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures [ Time Frame: August 2008- December 2009 ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Association to the Clavien Dindo Classification [ Time Frame: August 2008 - December 2009 ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
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.
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
  • Patients unable to read and write
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00785096


Locations
Switzerland
Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland, 8091
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Zurich
More Information
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Responsible Party: Ksenija Slankamenac, MD PhD, University of Zurich
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00785096     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 30-2008
First Posted: November 5, 2008    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: February 10, 2015
Last Verified: February 2015

Keywords provided by Ksenija Slankamenac, University of Zurich:
Perception, surgical complications, patients, nurses and physicians