How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

University of Zurich (UZH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00785096

30-2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Enrollment: 615 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

615 participants in 3 patient groups

Patients

Description:

Patients who admit for a minor or major surgical intervention

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

Nurses

Description:

Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

Physicians

Description:

Medical staff of the University Hospital of Zurich and other institutions

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire