Does American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Status Scale Enough in Patients Assessment (ASAINPA)

Nanjing Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elective Surgery

Treatments: Other: PPS scale; Other: ASA scale

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00776880

NMU-FY2008-MZ08

NJFY080921

Details and patient eligibility

About

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status scale has been used worldwide for assessing the status of patients before operation. However, merely the value of ASA scale did not give enough information of patients to determine their prognosis and improvement of outcomes. Since 1948, World Health Organization (WHO) defined health as the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Therefore, the investigators hypothesized that the ASA scale only was needed to be modified and should be replaced by a comprehensive gauge to evaluate the status of patients in depth. Based on this thought, the investigators used a new system, i.e., physical-psycho-social (PPS) scale, to assess the overall state before surgical procedures.

Enrollment: 1,500 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing elective surgical operation
• Age from 18-65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Age < 18 years or > 65 years
• Not willing to participate in this study
• Patients from emergency department

Trial design

1,500 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Patients assessed with ASA physical status scale

Treatment:

Other: ASA scale

2

Description:

Patients assessed with PPS scale

Treatment:

Other: PPS scale