Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT06269328 |
Other study ID # |
2011-KAEK-26/463 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
July 1, 2022 |
Est. completion date |
January 1, 2024 |
Study information
Verified date |
July 2022 |
Source |
Uludag University |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
Postoperative sleep disorders have serious problems with cognition, pain perception,
sustained circadian rhythm, psychomotor function, metabolic function, catabolic responses,
and continuity. The relationship between general anesthesia and sleep disturbances following
surgery is still unclear. Since the risk of sleep disorders after surgery is high, it is
important to determine the efficiency of the interval with automatic sleep disorders. By
evaluating how major orthopedic surgery and general anesthesia applied to posterior spinal
instrumentation divides sleep quality, risk management allows determining the factors
involved in the peroperative period and thus facilitating surgical results and patient
comfort.
Description:
Sleep is one of the basic physiological needs of humans. It is necessary for the mind to
perform functions such as learning, memory and cognition. Sleep disorders, which can occur
for short or long periods in the perioperative period, affect many patients. Studies have
shown that approximately 8.8-79.1% of patients experience perioperative sleep disorders, and
this situation can continue for a long time after surgery.
According to animal and human studies, anesthetic agents may cause sleep disorders in the
postoperative period. Anesthetics can disrupt the normal sleep-wake cycle and thus cause
insomnia and poor sleep quality. Since postoperative pain and emotional changes will also
cause sleep disturbances, the view that general anesthesia impairs postoperative sleep
quality has not yet been proven.
Different types of surgery have varying effects on sleep quality. Patients state that they
experience more sleep disruption due to pain, especially after orthopedic surgery. Patients'
sleep quality may be even worse due to the greater trauma caused by major surgery.
Thoracolumbar posterior instrumentation is a frequently used method in the treatment of
spinal instability resulting from spinal trauma, neoplasia, congenital or degenerative
diseases. Therefore, we wanted to specifically evaluate this patient group in our study.
Old age, female gender and chronic diseases are among the factors that increase the
likelihood of experiencing sleep disorders. Environmental factors and healthcare practices in
the hospital may contribute to sleep disturbances. Postoperative environment change,
inadequate beds, noise and lights in the ward, medical staff, night treatment and nursing
controls, machine noises, postoperative diets and warnings from the urinary catheter are
additional factors that affect patients' sleep.
Evaluation of sleep disorders is mainly based on clinical symptoms (difficulty falling
asleep, early awakening, night terrors, nightmares or abnormal behavior during the sleep
period) and auxiliary objective scales. Subjective sleep quality assessment mainly scales:
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire (PSQI), Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale (PIRS),
Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), Athens Insomnia Scale, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), General
Sleep Disturbance Scale (GSDS). The most commonly used assessment in clinical studies is the
PSQI. PSQI has high reliability and validity, but evaluates over a one-month period. The
PIRS_20 scale, which is a self-assessment survey, is a scale created by the Department of
Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and evaluates the sleep quality of participants in
the last week. It generally consists of a questionnaire with a total of twenty items,
including subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency,
and sleep disorders. Scoring ranges from 0 to 60. A score of 20 and above indicates poor
sleep quality, while as the score increases, sleep quality deteriorates.
Sleep disorders can negatively impact patient recovery, contributing to higher rates of
postoperative complications such as neurological and cardiovascular morbidity and delayed
postoperative recovery. They are also risk factors for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular
diseases such as myocardial infarction, as well as dementia, obesity, diabetes, hypertension,
depression, pain and even death. It is also considered an important risk factor for the
development of delirium. Despite posing a significant threat to public health, sleep
disorders remain poorly understood, underdiagnosed, and poorly managed, especially in
perioperative patients. The potential negative consequences of sleep disorders indicate the
need for greater attention to this issue.
Despite its importance, sleep quality assessment is not a part of the routine preoperative
evaluation of patients and does not receive enough attention. Peroperative sleep assessment
can provide information for anesthesiologists and surgeons that may allow early
interventions. There are no guidelines or sufficient number of studies for clinical use.
In this study, PIRS-20 (Pittsburg Insomnia Rating Scale_20), VAS (Visual Analog Scale), State
Anxiety Scale (STAI-1) will be used. In addition, the Oswestry Functional Disability Scale,
SRS-22 (Scoliosis Research Society-22) questionnaire, EQ-5D-5L General Quality of Life Scale,
SF-36 Quality of Life Scale, which are routinely used in orthopedic clinics, are used to
evaluate anesthesia and surgery in patients undergoing posterior spinal instrumentation. The
investigators aimed to evaluate changes in sleep patterns caused by trauma and simultaneously
anxiety and pain levels.
The aim of this research is to evaluate how major orthopedic surgery and general anesthesia
affect the sleep quality of patients who underwent posterior spinal instrumentation.
The primary hypothesis of this study is that total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and
remifentanil is superior to inhalation anesthesia with sevoflurane in terms of sleep quality.
In this process, the investigators aimed to identify risk factors for patients, thus
improving surgical results and patient comfort.