Role of Anesthesiologist-Patient Relationship

Anesthesia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Role of Anesthesiologist-Patient Relationship in Changing Postoperative Perception of Patients Admitted to a Teaching Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00864695
• Other study ID #: upeclin/HC/FMB-Unesp-21
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 18, 2009
• Last updated: March 18, 2009
• Start date: May 2007
• Est. completion date: May 2008

Study information

• Verified date: March 2009
• Source: UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Descriptive analytic survey of 1137 and 518 patients aged 16 years or more before and after anesthesia exposure, respectively to assess the anesthesiologist-patient relationship role on patient postoperative perception of the binominal anesthesia-anesthesiologist. The aim of this study was to assess the anesthesiologist-patient relationship role on patient postoperative perception of the binominal anesthesia-anesthesiologist.

Period: may/2007 to may/2008

Description:

A questionnaire was used to determine patient characteristics and perception of anesthesia/anesthesiologist, as well as fears and concerns related to anesthesia. This descriptive-analytic study was based on opinions and information provided before and after anesthesia by individuals who were hospitalized in the Botucatu Medical School (BMS) Hospital to undergo surgery under anesthesia administered by the Anesthesiology Service of BMS Department of Anesthesiology. A questionnaire including structured questions aimed at determining patient characteristics (age, gender, race, marital status, education level, birthplace, provenance, surgical service of origin, occupation, history of anesthesia exposure) and perceptions of anesthesiologists/anesthesia, as well as open-ended questions that allowed respondents to add free comments, recorded as spoken, about their concerns before and after anesthesia. The post-anesthesia interview also included questions regarding the administration of pre-anesthetic drugs, recall of the anesthesiologist in the operating room, satisfaction with the care provided by the anesthesiologist.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1137
• Est. completion date: May 2008
• Est. primary completion date: May 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 16 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• conscious surgical patients

• 16 years or more

• Portuguese-speaking patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with altered states of consciousness or expression/comprehension impairment

• patients who did not undergo anesthesia/surgery (cancelled or postponed)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anesthesia
• Postoperative
• Preoperative

Intervention

Other:
• Supportive care
protocol designed to evaluate one or more interventions where the primary intent is to maximize comfort, minimize side effects or mitigate against a decline in the subject's health or function. In general, supportive care interventions are not intended to cure a disease.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	College of Medicine of Botucatu	Botucatu	São Paulo

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UPECLIN HC FM Botucatu Unesp	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior., Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, Botucatu, Brasil

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Role of anesthesiologist-patient relationship in changing postoperative perception of patients admitted to a teaching hospital		one year	Yes