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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of acupressure point P6 stimulation versus intravenous ondansetron plus metoclopramide versus no antiemetic prophylaxis during elective cesarean section under regional anesthesia.
The OPTIONs study is a randomized controlled, non-inferiority study to evaluate postoperative care using outpatient clinic visits versus telephone calls for women undergoing surgery for pelvic floor disorders. The primary outcome is patient satisfaction using the Surgical-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (S-CAHPS) questionnaire provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Secondary outcomes include safety and cost analysis for patients' direct and indirect medical costs. Women who speak and understand either English or Spanish and planning to undergo an elective surgery for a pelvic disorder will be recruited. Baseline demographics, satisfaction, and cost analysis questionnaires will be acquired pre-operatively. Randomization will be assigned at the time of discharge from the hospital. Patients will either have scheduled clinic visits at 1-2 weeks, 6 weeks, and 3 months or telephone calls by a registered nurse at these same intervals. Questionnaires will be completed at 3 months for satisfaction and cost analysis.
To determine whether implementation of Rehab MATRIX will improve patient safety, patient satisfaction and nursing indices.
Training in TEE is based on hands-on training in the operation room which is time consuming and therefore its use and experience is limited among anesthesiologists. Recent studies demonstrate that simulation-based education is also superior to a conventional didactic system and superior to hands-on teaching in the OR in terms of theoretical knowledge in echocardiography. So far there is no study evaluating the study effect in obtaining the 11 basic TEE views as recommended by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) between simulator training and training in the operation room in residents with no prior knowledge of echocardiography. The basic TEE examination focus on the 11 most relevant views. Therefore the investigators want to assess if there is a difference in the study effect in obtaining the 11 basic TEE views and also in theoretical knowledge in 3 groups of residents with no prior knowledge of echocardiography: the simulation group (CAE Vimedix Simulator), the hands-on OR group and the online group (http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/TEE/). prospective randomized single-center study. The investigators want to include 51 anaesthesia residents (17 per group) in their first or second year of training with no prior knowledge of echocardiography in this randomized, Controlled single-centre study. The investigators want to assess the pre- and post training scores of the theoretical multiple choice test and the practical test in all 3 groups. The multiple choice test consists of 50 questions with 1 point per question (max. 50 points) and the practical test is an evaluation of 11 basic perioperative TEE examination on the simulator (CAE Vimedix Simulator). Each view is evaluated on a scale of 0 to 10 according to predetermined criteria including image angle, overall clarity and visualization of 3 major anatomic structures pertinent to each view. Each view can receive a maximum score of 10 and each study a maximum of 109 (ME asc. aortic LAX has only 2 main structures). Further the time to adjust each view and the time to complete the basic TEE Examination will be assessed.
The investigators aim to evaluate a sage-based mouthrinse (Dr. Hauschka Med, Mundspülung Salbei) whether it is less or equal effective in alleviating inflammatory signs of intra-oral mucosa and gingiva than an water/alcohol-based taste adjusted placebo in patients dependent on ADL. Randomization in treatment A (mouthwash with active agent, n=24) or treatment B (placebo mouthwash, n=24) Supervised use of mouthwash A or mouthwash B over 6 weeks 1x/day additional to habitual oral hygiene protocol. The main outcome parameter will be Sulcus Bleeding Index SBI.
This is a prospective, observational study to evaluate patient satisfaction with colonoscopy, depending on whether sedation is used during the procedure or not. Patients will receive questionnaires before the procedure to assess the potential influence of patient criteria and after the procedure to assess satisfaction-scores and pain-scores. A validated satisfaction score (Schoen et al.) will be used for the primary outcome. As secondary parameters, pain- and sedation-scores will be assessed by the validated NAPCOMS score, as well as procedural quality indicators. The study will assess, whether adequate selection in regards to risk factors for sedated or unsedated colonoscopy, leads to similar satisfaction-scores within both groups.
Cystoscopy is a pain procedure and patients may experience anxiety and dissatisfaction before and during the procedure. Especially male patients feel more pain than females during cystoscopy. The aim of this study is to compare effectiveness of three different distraction methods on pain, anxiety and satisfaction of the male patients during cystoscopy.
Patient satisfaction is becoming increasingly important to hospital administrators as a metric for quality of patient care services because it is now being linked to reimbursements (Maher 2015). Patient satisfaction is a complex problem, and may be affected by a variety of factors. A recent study found that higher patient satisfaction was associated with patients who received music therapy during their hospital stay (Mandel 2014). Given that music may positively affect patient satisfaction, we are designing a study to examine the effects of patient-preferred music on patient satisfaction in women undergoing labor epidural placement.
These days, particularly over the last decade, attention is being paid to the opinion of the patient and, in the case of pediatrics, the patient's family. Unfortunately, recent work has shown that this remains an imperfect process. Studies of inpatient families show that parents often leave hospital with only a minimal idea of side effects of drugs, who they can contact in the event that something goes wrong, and even something as simple as the date of the next medical visit. In fact, some studies have shown that adult patients don't even know the name of their doctor or nurse. While there are several papers examining the degree of unhappiness of parents in hospitals, there is very little research looking at what can be done to improve a patient's sense of satisfaction with care (and communication) while in the hospital. One suggestion has been the provision of whiteboards in the room that can allow the family to have a better idea of what is going on during the child's day. These have been suggested but never exposed to prospective, quantitative study. With the intention of improving the management of patients in the new Acute Care Centre, the department of strategic planning at Children's Hospital organized a three day IMPROVE session moderated by PHSA specialists in quality control. During this meeting, the clinical course of a child on the medical and surgical wards was mapped out. This allowed the group to examine various ideas aimed at improving the care of children passing through the hospital and the sense of parental satisfaction with the whole process. The main conclusion from the meeting (based both on available literature and the clinical experience of the group), was that communication between the medical team and parents should be improved. It was also concluded that the best way to do this would be to have a regularly updated whiteboard in each room. Prior to starting this, it was generally felt that the introduction of whiteboards should be tested in a prospective controlled manner - starting with a baseline study of patient satisfaction.
A prospective randomized clinical trial of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Patients were randomly assigned into 3 groups: those patients undergoing percutaneous electrostimulation (PENS) of the pectoral muscle combined with specific training (Group 1), those patients doing the specific training alone (Group 2) and those patients without any specific treatment (Group 3). The assigned treatment began 15 days after surgery and was maintained during 12 weeks.