Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction

University of Vermont Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Family Members; Satisfaction; Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Perioperative Updates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04330612

CHRMS 16-642

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was a randomized control trial conducted to determine if frequent, standardized updates affect anxiety and satisfaction of family members. Additionally, the investigators aimed to determine if the length of the surgical procedure effects the satisfaction with updates.

Enrollment: 115 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient undergoing inpatient arthroplasty, orthopaedic spine, or orthopaedic trauma procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Age under 18
• Non-English speaking patients or families
• Patients with families that would not be waiting in the hospital during the perioperative period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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115 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

In the control pathway, the surgeons communicated with the family only once near the completion of the procedure.

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

In the intervention group, the families received additional standardized electronic updates via pagers.

Treatment:

Other: Perioperative Updates