Surgical Consent During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Consent Clinical Trial

Official title:

Consent for Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04556604
• Other study ID #: 2021.016N
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 10, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 14, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2020
• Source: Medway Primary Care Trust
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Multiloop audit of consenting practice in surgical procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: August 14, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 14, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children (under 18 years old)

• Participants who lack capacity and therefore cannot be consented appropriately

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Consent

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Educational meetings and visual prompts
Information was disseminated to trainees via informal meeting or dedicated audit meetings with the aid of visual prompts

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Medway NHS Foundation Trust	Gillingham

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Medway Primary Care Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Compliance to consenting practice	The number of patients being consented for COVID-19 infection in the lead up to surgery	3 months