Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery With Anesthesia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Telemedical Risk Assessment and Preoperative Evaluation for Anesthesia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility, patient satisfaction and time saving of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation for anesthesia.
| Status | Recruiting |
| Enrollment | 100 |
| Est. completion date | November 30, 2020 |
| Est. primary completion date | October 31, 2020 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | N/A and older |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - =18 years - estimated ASA I/II classification based on the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification - elective surgery - surgery at least 14 days in the future - patient access to a Windows-10-based personal computer with webcam Exclusion Criteria: - language or cognitive barriers (e.g. dementia, laryngectomy...) - high risk surgeries with need of postoperative ICU stay - acute infection with required auscultation |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | RWTH Aachen University Hospital | Aachen |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| RWTH Aachen University | Docs in Clouds Telecare GmbH |
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| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Feasibility (as defined below) of telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation in anesthesiology as assessed by a questionnaire. | We focus on the feasibility of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation in anesthesiology. We defined feasibility in our scenario as: establishment of a video-audio-connection possible complete assessment of the patients medical records possible assessment of the individual perioperative risk possible physician is put into the position to explain planned procedures and related risks digital documentation possible physician is put into the position to answer patient questions physician can acquire all necessary information digital signature on both sides possible Those criteria will be assessed by our questionnaires. After preanesthesia evaluation the patient as well as the physician are asked to answer our online questionnaire (two different ones). |
6 months | |
| Primary | Patient acceptance of a telemedical preanesthesia evaluation as assessed by a questionnaire. | After preanesthesia evaluation the patient is asked to answer our online questionnaire. The questionnaire is partly based on a previously published study (Follmann et al., Technical Support by Smart Glasses During a Mass Casualty Incident: A Randomized Controlled Simulation Trial on Technically Assisted Triage and Telemedical App Use in Disaster Medicine, J Med Internet Res 2019;21(1):e11939). | 6 months | |
| Primary | Patient satisfaction with a telemedical preanesthesia evaluation as assessed by a questionnaire. | We aim to investigate patient satisfaction of a telemedical risk assessment and preoperative evaluation in anesthesiology prior to elective surgery. After preanesthesia evaluation the patient is asked to answer our online questionnaire. The questionnaire is partly based on a previously published study (Follmann et al., Technical Support by Smart Glasses During a Mass Casualty Incident: A Randomized Controlled Simulation Trial on Technically Assisted Triage and Telemedical App Use in Disaster Medicine, J Med Internet Res 2019;21(1):e11939). | 6 months | |
| Primary | Time saving for the patient | We quantify time saving on patient site due to the fact that patients do not have to travel to the hospital anymore. | 6 months | |
| Primary | Time saving for the physician | On physician site we investigate possible time saving due to the implementation of the investigator's software. | 6 months | |
| Primary | Adverse events | Number of patients in whom telemedical preanesthesia evaluation lead to adverse events such as postponed surgery and adverse events during surgery which are caused by the preanesthesia evaluation. | 6 months |