Chatbot on the Prevention of Postoperative Complications

Mansoura University

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Visceral Surgery Complications

Treatments

Other: chatbot education

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06624995

0637

Details and patient eligibility

About

Major visceral surgery encompasses a broad range of operations with a wide variety of procedures that fall under this category. The majority of patients undergoing major visceral surgery often present with cancer and other medical comorbidities and are put at an elevated risk of a large number of medical and surgical postoperative complications

Full description

Complications following major visceral surgery are relatively common and are estimated to occur in 18-23% of patients . The management of complications is challenging for both the elderly patient and the perioperative team, and adds considerably to the cost of care particularly when further interventions involve readmission, unplanned admission to an intensive care unit, interventional radiology and/or an unplanned return to theatre. With the advancement of online patient portals, the use of internet to seek for health information is already a common phenomenon; Chatbot may become a more significant source of information for patients.

Enrollment

214 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

60+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients aged 60 years old and above, both sex, scheduled for elective major visceral surgery, able to communicate in the local language, and without any cognitive impairment.

Exclusion criteria

Elderly patients with a history of major psychiatric disorders, patients with a history of previous major visceral surgery, and patients who were unable to provide informed consent will be excluded from the study.