Preoperative Risk Assessment in the Elderly (PrepTAB)

RWTH Aachen University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Preoperative Risk Assessment

Treatments

Other: web-based questionnaires

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04160234

EK 342/19

Details and patient eligibility

About

PrepTAB aims to determine whether elderly patients are able to complete 4 preoperative risk assessment questionnaires within a web-based survey.

Full description

Elderly patients are the most rapidly increasing group among surgical admissions. They are prone to a higher risk, because of predisposing risk factors. A comprehensive preoperative risk assessment is recommended by the European Society of Anaesthesiologists guideline, but time-consuming and usually not performed at present. A telemedical approach would enable an out-of hospital risk assessment before hospital admission and provide important information without the need for additional in-hospital resources. The feasibility of the completion of a web-based questionnaire by elderly patients, within a controlled in-hospital setting is required, as a base for a telemedical approach.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Legally competent patients
Written informed consent
Age ≥ 65, male, female, diverse
Multimorbid patients (≥ 2 comorbidities (according to the Charlson Comorbidity Index)
Major elective surgery (such as total abdominal hysterectomy, endoscopic resection of prostate, lumbar discectomy, thyroidectomy, total joint replacement, lung operations, colon resection, radical neck dissection etc.)

Exclusion criteria

Blind or deaf patients
Patient/ Proxy not able to use electronic devices e.g. computer, tablet or smart phone
Non-fluency in local language
Alcohol and/ or drugs abuse
Ambulatory surgery
Repeated surgery, with previous participation
Patients with severe neurological or psychiatric disorder
Refusal of study participation by the patient