Clinical trial NCT02457767: Optimizing of Waiting - Time in the Anesthesia Admissions Ambulance of the Charité - University Medicine Berlin by Support of a Mobile Application - a Pilot Study
Official title: Optimization of Waiting - Time in the Anesthesia Admissions Ambulance Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine CVK/CCM, Charité - University Medicine Berlin by Support of a Mobile Application - a Pilot Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: WITHDRAWN
Conditions: Waiting-time in the Anaesthesia Admissions Ambulance
Lead sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-05-29
Enrollment: 0
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Male and female patients (aged \> 4 years) for elective surgery

Brief summary: In this study the investigators measure and optimize the patients waiting time in the preanesthetic assessment by integrating an interactive mobile device. The aim of this study is to observe whether the patients mean waiting-time is reduced by the use of a special mobile application (Anaest-App) and, as a result , raises patient-satisfaction.

Detailed description: 3000 patients as well as medical doctors receive tablet-devices. The Software (App) installed on these devices coordinates the virtual waiting numbers assigned to each patient-tablet. The medical doctor can virtually call up the next patient in line for preanesthesiologic assessment. After the examination both medical doctors and patients complete a brief questionaire regarding educational level, usability and overall satisfaction

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male and female patients of all ages
* Elective surgical procedure

Exclusion Criteria:

* Language inabilities (German)
* Severe hearing - loss and visual impairment
* In-Patient care \> 24 h

Primary outcomes:
measure: Waiting time in the anesthesia admissions ambulance
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ambulation ambulance stay, an expected average of 1 hour
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Study patient satisfaction
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ambulation ambulance stay, an expected average of 1 hour
measure: Medical doctor statisfaction
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ambulation ambulance stay, an expected average of 1 day
measure: Tablet - acceptance by study patients
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ambulation ambulance stay, an expected average of 1 hour
measure: Tablet - acceptance by medical doctor
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of ambulation ambulance stay, an expected average of 1 day.
measure: Duration of examination time
timeFrame: Participants will be followed for the duration of examinationin the ambulance, an expected average of 1 hour.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Berlin, Charité - Univeristy Medicine Berlin
name: Claudia Spies, MD, Prof.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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