Methods to assess belly button cleanliness prior to keyhole surgery
Not Applicable
Not yet recruiting
- Conditions
- mbilical cleanlinessUmbilical cleanlinessSurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620000278932
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Carolyn E Vasey
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
Eligible participants will be persons 18 years or older who are booked for elective laparoscopic abdominal surgery at Ballarat Health Services.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will be excluded if they cannot understand English, have a health condition that impairs their ability to offer informed consent, have a known allergy to the proposed cleaning materials, or do not have an umbilicus.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The validity of the Umbilical Cleanliness Scale, which will be determined by calculating both the Scale's convergent validity and ability to differentiate between known groups. These calculations will be based on the scores assigned to photographs of participant umbilici and the bacterial load of swabs of participant umbilici. [16 weeks after study commencement ];The reliability of the Umbilical Cleanliness Scale, which will be determined by calculating both the test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability of the Scale. These calculations will be based on the scores assigned to photographs of participant umbilici. [16 weeks after study commencement ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The bacterial load of cleaned versus uncleaned participant umbilici, determined by analysing swabs of participant umbilici. [16 weeks after study commencement ]