Preoperative Survey

Preoperative Concerns in Older Adults

This study will examine preoperative concerns in older adults through the use of a self-administered questionnaire. The development of this questionnaire will involve adapting survey questions from previously validated studies, creating new questions, and generating a comprehensive questionnaire.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cognitive Impairment

Detailed Description

The primary objective is to assess the preoperative concerns in older adults. This objective will be assessed by using a self-administered questionnaire.

The secondary objective is to examine older adults' attitudes toward preoperative cognitive assessments, functional assessments, and prehabilitation programs. Similarly, this objective will be assessed by using a self-administered questionnaire.

Survey administration will be completed online and in person. Recruited participants will receive an email that contains an external link to the online version of the survey that will be administered on Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), an online platform to complete secure surveys. Once received, participants will be able to anonymously complete the survey and not have to provide any identification information except for general sociodemographic variables. Alternatively, study personnel will administer the questionnaire online/ in person at the preoperative clinic to assess surgical population at Mount Sinai Hospital.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 264

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Ontario
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
      • Mount Sinai Hospital
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5T2S8
      • 399 Bathurst St., Toronto Western Hospital, Dept. of Anesthesia

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 61 years and older (Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Surgical patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Older adults, who are aged 65 or older and
• Medical patients in geriatric clinic or surgical inpatients in pre-operative clinics

Exclusion Criteria:

• Lack English language capability

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Other

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
preoperative concerns	current daily functional status	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Cognitive assessments	Administration of cognitive status questionnaire	1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Frances Chung, MBBS MD FRCPC, University Health Network, Toronto

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 23, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): October 23, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 29, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 7, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 16, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 9, 2025
• Last Verified: April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Elderly, surgical
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive Dysfunction
• Other Study ID Numbers: CAPCR # 22-5163

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No