Awareness and Compliance Among Health Professionals of the Preoperative Fasting Period

Awareness and Compliance Among Health Professionals of the Preoperative

Preoperative fasting is mandatory for anesthetic induction. This period of fasting is probably greater due to delays in the surgical theater and changes in daily operation schedules.Investigators want to resarch between the prescribed and the actual preoperative fasting time.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Preoperative Fasting

Detailed Description

Before surgery, the patients will be asked to liquid, solid fasting times.and whether information is given about the fasting period.In addition, the appropriateness of health personnel to new guidelines for preoperative fasting will be evaluated.At the end of the study, the desired duration of fasting, clinical practice and trends of health personnel will be investigated.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 300

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Tokat, Turkey, 60200
    • Recruiting
    • Hakan Tapar
    • Contact: Hakan Tapar, Assist .Prof; Phone Number: 3496 03562129500; Email: hakantapar@hotmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 day to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients planning elective surgery according to the study

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Between 1 day and 80 years
• Elective surgery
• Oral fed
• American Society of Anesthesiologists score of 1 or 3

Exclusion Criteria:

• Intensive care patient
• Parenteral nutrition
• Emergency surgery

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The patients' preoperative fasting period	Determination of fasting period before surgery trends of new guidelines for preoperative fasting.	one time in two months
Training of health workers	Determining health personnel's application	one time in two months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): July 24, 2017
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): September 1, 2017
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): September 5, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 28, 2017
• First Posted (ACTUAL): August 2, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): August 2, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 28, 2017
• Last Verified: July 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-KAEK-005

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No