Preoperative Relaxation and Intensified Patient Surgery Education in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery (MBM_Colo)

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Gastrointestinal Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: relaxation program; Behavioral: surgery education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02541357

15-6459 MBM Colorectal

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to test the effects of a Preoperative Relaxation intervention and an Intensified Surgery Patient Education on pre- and postoperative wellbeing and health in Patients Undergoing colorectal surgery.

Full description

A former pilot study has shown that a preoperative relaxation program was effective in reducing preoperative anxiety. However the intervention was biased by concurrent pre-surgery education. Therefore this study aims to test the effects of a Preoperative Relaxation intervention and an Intensified Surgery Patient Education on pre- and postoperative wellbeing and health in Patients Undergoing colorectal surgery using a factorial design.

Enrollment: 4 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• referral for colorectal surgery
• preoperative anxiety at least 4/10 points on a numeric rating scale
• physical and mental capability to participant
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Emergency surgery
• known malignoma
• severe comorbidity
• severe psychological disorders
• immunosuppression
• coagulation disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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4 participants in 4 patient groups

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Does not receive a specific study intervention

preoperative relaxation program

Experimental group

Description:

preoperative relaxation program

Treatment:

Behavioral: relaxation program

preoperative surgery education

Experimental group

Description:

single education unit to understand the complete surgical procedures

Treatment:

Behavioral: surgery education

preop relaxation and surgery education

Experimental group

Description:

preoperative relaxation program AND single education unit

Treatment:

Behavioral: surgery education

Behavioral: relaxation program