Clinical trial NCT04330612: Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction
Official title: Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Family Members
Anxiety
Satisfaction
Lead sponsor: University of Vermont Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-04-01
Enrollment: 115
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: 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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Likert Score (0-5) of level of overall satisfaction
timeFrame: Overall satisfaction levels measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon-family update. This update occurred at or near the end of the surgical procedure.
measure: Likert Score (0-5) of anxiety level
timeFrame: Anxiety levels measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon-family update. This update occurred at or near the end of the surgical procedure.
measure: Likert Score (0-5) of level of satisfaction with perioperative updates
timeFrame: Satisfaction with perioperative updates measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon-family update. This update occurred at or near the end of the surgical procedure.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Spearman correlation between length of procedure and Likert score of anxiety level
timeFrame: Procedure time defined as the time the patient enters the operating room to the time the patient exits the operating room. Anxiety levels measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon update.
measure: Spearman correlation between length of procedure and Likert score of overall satisfaction
timeFrame: Procedure time defined as the time the patient enters the operating room to the time the patient exits the operating room. Satisfaction level measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon update.
measure: Spearman correlation between length of procedure and Likert score of satisfaction with perioperative updates
timeFrame: Procedure time defined as the time the patient enters the operating room to the time the patient exits the operating room. Satisfaction level measured throughout the perioperative period (up to 8.4 hours), reported at the time of final surgeon update.
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