Video, Telephone or Face-to-face Surgical Consultations: a Survey of Patients' and Surgeons' Views

University of Aberdeen

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Surgery

Treatments

Other: questionnaire

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04765683

287686

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will send out questionnaires to surgical outpatients and surgeons to gather their views on the appropriate type of surgical outpatient consultation in different clinical scenarios, in order to establish a guideline for surgical outpatient planning.

Full description

As above - this study will send out questionnaires to surgical outpatients and surgeons to gather their views on the appropriate type of surgical outpatient consultation in different clinical scenarios, in order to establish a guideline for surgical outpatient planning.

Enrollment

260 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

16+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

PATIENTS

Adults attending general surgical outpatients in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary during the study period presenting with:

lumps and bumps
hernias
biliary problems
jaundice
abdominal pain/mass/weight loss
gastro-oesophageal reflux
dysphagia
change in bowel habit
anorectal problems
thyroid nodules
parathyroid disease
adrenal masses

SURGEONS

Consultant General Surgeons in NHS Grampian / Tayside and Highlands

Exclusion criteria

PATIENTS

lacking capacity
without language skills to answer questionnaires or ability to understand questionnaires
children < 16yrs (No upper age limit)
patients presenting as emergencies
patients unwilling to complete questionnaires.

SURGEONS