Preoperative Psychological Evaluation as Predictor of Outcomes

Elective Surgery Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Preoperative Psychological Evaluation as Predictor of Post-surgical Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00795392
• Other study ID #: NJMU200811010
• Secondary ID: NJFY0811008
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 20, 2008
• Last updated: September 17, 2009
• Start date: November 2008
• Est. completion date: September 2009

Study information

• Verified date: September 2009
• Source: Nanjing Medical University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: China: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Perioperative psychological care is increasingly recognized as an essential part in the surgical environment. Previous studies have developed a strategy to evaluate the psychological influence after operations and found that postoperative psychological states significantly associated with the outcomes of patients. However, preoperative evaluation of patients the physicians do thus far is mainly the physical status assessment following the scale of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Whether a full-scale evaluation of preoperative psychological status to surgical patients could be a predictor to postoperative outcomes or not is not still completely understood. The investigators hypothesized that the preoperative psychological assessment would be an important predictor to outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: September 2009
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing elective surgical operation

• Age from 18-65 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age <18 years or >65 years

• Not willing to participate in this study

• Patients from emergency department

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Elective Surgery

Intervention

Other:
• ASA scale
ASA scale evaluation before operation
• Full-scale psychological assessment
Full-scale psychological evaluation before operation

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital	Nanjing	Jiangsu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nanjing Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Time of recovery		Since the end of the operation (1 day) to six-month follow-up.	No
Secondary	Intraoperative consumption of drugs		From the time of start of operation (0 min) to the end of the surgical procedures, this time will undergo alteration in different individuals	Yes
Secondary	Hospitalization days		Time length of staying at hospital from the day of inpatient to discharge home, this time will undergo alteration in different individuals	No
Secondary	Life quality		Since the end of the operation (1 day) to six-month follow-up.	No