Clinical trial NCT06652854: Integrating ChatGPT in Anesthesia
Official title: Implementation of Large Language Models in Anesthesia to Answer Patients' Questions During Pre-Anesthesia Visits: A Prospective, Observational Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Preoperative Care
Patient Education
Anesthesia
Artificial Intelligence
Lead sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-22
Enrollment: 190
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults having an in-person preoperative anesthesiology consultation before elective surgery at The Ottawa Hospital

Brief summary: Patients are waiting for surgery longer than ever before. While hospitals are trying to get patients access to surgery as quickly as possible, a shortage of anesthesia doctors (called anesthesiologists) prevents this. Every surgery needs an anesthesiologist, but anesthesiologists also assess patients beforehand to ensure they can safely undergo surgery and help patients understand what to expect and the risks involved. Ensuring that patients move through surgery as safely and efficiently as possible requires that the limited number of anesthesiologists in Canada work as efficiently as possible. Technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI), in programs such as ChatGPT, might assist by answering common questions patients have, allowing anesthesiologists to focus their limited time on addressing complex and personalized issues for each patient. However, studies conducted so far on how well AI can answer questions about anesthesia and surgery have been poorly designed and have not included patients as members of the research team. This study will determine whether AI can answer patients' questions before surgery as effectively as both patients and expert anesthesiologists would expect, which could be beneficial to patients and the healthcare system.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Patients

* 1. Age \> 18 years 2. Elective non-cardiac surgery 3. In-person preoperative anesthesiology consultation 4. Ability to participate and provide informed consent independently.

Exclusion Criteria:

* 1. Unable to communicate in English or French 2. Nurse consultation only

Physicians

Inclusion Criteria:

Anesthesiology residents or staff providing service at the PAU at TOH

Exclusion Criteria:

Anesthesiology residents or staff unwilling to participate in the research study.

Primary outcomes:
measure: knowledge
timeFrame: From the date of the pre-anesthesia consultation until 2 weeks after the consultation, assessed over a period of up to 2 weeks post-consultation
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Patient satisfaction
timeFrame: From the date of the pre-anesthesia consultation until 2 weeks after the consultation, assessed over a period of up to 2 weeks post-consultation
Other outcomes:
measure: Tertiary outcomes
timeFrame: From the date of the pre-anesthesia consultation until 2 weeks after the consultation, assessed over a period of up to 2 weeks post-consultation
Locations:
city: Ottawa
country: Canada
facility: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
state: Ontario
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