Development and Validation of a Morbidity Index for Complications in Minor and Major Abdominal Surgery

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Complications

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00782704

StV 30-2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to develop and validate a morbidity index for postoperative complications in patients undergoing visceral surgery.

Enrollment: 219 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: ≥ 18 years
• Capacity to act and no legal guardian
• Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery
• German language as daily language.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
• Patients unable to read and write

Trial design

219 participants in 3 patient groups

1

Description:

questionnair for Patients

2

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questionnaire for Nurses

3

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questionnaire for Physicians