Pre-Anesthesia Visit: Analysis of Coverage Rate of Visit Content and Surgical Patients' Understanding of Information (Pre-Anesthesia)

Pre-Anesthesia Visit: Analysis of Coverage Rate of Pre-Anesthesia Visit Content by Anesthesiology Residents, and Surgical Patients' Understanding of Pre-Anesthesia Visit Information

The aim of this study was to systematically assess the coverage of anesthesiology residents' explanations of the content of the visit during the preoperative anesthesia visit and the patients' understanding of the content of the anesthesia approach through the physician's explanations.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: To Assess the Coverage of Anesthesiology Residents' Explanations of the Content of the Visit; Patients' Understanding of the Content of the Anesthesia Approach Through the Physician's Explanations

Detailed Description

Physician Component:

In order to minimize the change of the interview content due to third-party supervision, the collected data were analyzed in the form of a questionnaire about the content of the visit after the preoperative visit by anesthesiology residents, including the main content of the visit, the duration of the visit, and the presumed level of patient's understanding of the anesthesia informed consent form.

Patient section:

To investigate the degree of patients' understanding of the contents of the anesthesia visit after listening to the visit. A questionnaire was used to collect the data, which included the content of the visit that the patients could recall, their level of understanding of the content explained by the physician, their concerns, and suggestions for improvement that could be taken to promote patient understanding.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 110

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Lina Yang; Phone Number: 0086+18611635556; Email: Thoth_safin@sina.com

Study Locations

• China
  • Beijing
    • Beijing, Beijing, China, 100020
      • Recruiting
      • Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital
      • Contact: Lina Yang; Phone Number: 18611635556; Email: Thoth_safin@sina.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

1. Age stratification of enrolled subjects, 18-80 years [young adults (18-35 years), middle-aged adults (36-60 years), older adults (61-80 years)]；
2. Stratification of subjects' educational attainment as elementary, middle school, high school, college

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-II
• Patients who have not previously undergone surgery under general anesthesia
• Patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy or laparoscopic appendectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects who do not wish to participate in this study
• Patients with visual or auditory impairment
• Patients who are completely unable to understand the content of the communication or have communication difficulties

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Observation Group; To investigate patients' understanding of the content of the anesthesia visit after listening to the visit. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire included the contents of the visit that the patients could recall, their understanding of the physician's explanation, their concerns, and their suggestions for improving the preoperative visit.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patients' understanding of the content related to anesthesia visit after the preoperative visit with anesthesiology residents	Overall patient understanding of the anesthesia visit content was assessed by a patient self-measurement scale in the form of a rank variable, with 1 being no understanding at all and 5 being full understanding	Postoperative visit （one day after surgery）

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patient recall of what anesthesiology residents mentioned during the preoperative visit vs. what anesthesiology residents mentioned during the preoperative visit	Differences in the content of the preoperative visit as recalled by the patient and the content of the modality as mentioned by the resident through resident-side and patient-side question and answer scales	resident-side：Pre-operative visit-one day before surgery；patient-side：Post-operative visit-one day after surgery
Stratified analysis of subjects according to different age/education levels to explore the relevance in understanding the content of the preoperative visit for anesthesia	Age stratification as young adults (18-35 years), middle-aged adults (36-60 years), older adults (61-80 years)；; Stratification of subjects' educational attainment as elementary, middle school, high school, college.	Postoperative visit （one day after surgery）

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patient concerns in the content of the preoperative approach	Understanding what worries patients most about anesthesia-related content during the preoperative visit	Postoperative visit （one day after surgery）
Patients' suggestions for improving the efficiency of preoperative anesthesia visits	Understanding what patients would like to take to promote understanding of the content of the preoperative visit from the patient's end of the spectrum	Postoperative visit （one day after surgery）

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Anshi Wu
• Investigators: Study Director: Lina Yang

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 11, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 11, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 11, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: preoperative anesthesia visit; understanding of the content of the anesthesia approach
• Other Study ID Numbers: PAV20241212; Pre-Anesthesia Visit (Registry Identifier: PAV20241212)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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