Effect of Walking to the Operating Room on Preoperative Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vein, Varicose
• Interventions: Behavioral: Walking to OR

• Registration Number: NCT04908527
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

Brief Summary

The operating room environment can be a source of anxiety for the patient, including in the context of outpatient surgery for which anxiolytic medication is rarely used. This anxiety-induced effect can be reinforced by the patient's lack of active participation.

Some studies have already shown the feasibility of patient walking to the operating room (OR) and advantages this approach(Kojima and Ina 2002; Lack 2016; Nagraj et al. 2006).

Moreover, recovery room complications and pain have also been shown to be greater after varicose vein surgery in patients with significant preoperative anxiety (Scavee et al. 2016).

Therefore, the investigators decided to test the effects of walking to OR for patients admitted for outpatient surgery for varicose vein surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-15
• Primary Completion: 2019-11-21
• Study Completion: 2019-11-21
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Study First Submitted: 2021-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-05-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-28
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Outpatient minimal invasive laser therapy for venous insufficiency

Exclusion Criteria

• Inpatient surgery
• Invasive surgery
• Need for premedication
• Use of walking aid
• Non-French speaking patient
• Patient refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Walk group	Walking to OR	Patients walked to operating room (OR)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of anxiety	Before departure of the outpatient unit	Numerical rating scale (NRS) between 0 (= no anxiety) and 10 (=worse anxiety)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of pain	At Day 1	Numerical rating scale (NRS) between 0 (= no pain) and 10 (=worse pain)
Presence of nausea and vomiting	at Day 1	Yes or no

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege; 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium