Taste Preference of patients directly after surgery in the postoperative anaesthesia care unit (PACU).
- Conditions
- adult surgical patients
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria:
- Patients scheduled for elective surgery in the operating theatres of the AUMC, location AMC
- Patients receiving general anaesthesia
- Patients = 18 years
- Dutch speaking
- Patients sufficiently awake in the PACU during office hours
- Patients able and allowed to eat a normal diet postoperatively
- Willing and able to sign consent for re-use of care data
- The study can be combined with other studies
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- Patients < 18 years
- Patients receiving only locoregional and/or neuraxial anesthesia
- Non Dutch speaking
- Patients not sufficiently awake in the PACU during office hours
- Patients unable to eat a normal diet postoperatively, due to tube feeding and/or parenteral feeding
- Patients with a vegan or vegetarian diet preference
- Patients with food intolerance and/or food allergies
- Patients who do not sign consent for re-use of care data
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the taste preference of postoperative adult patients in the PACU, by means of the MTPRT (Macronutrient and Taste Preference Ranking Task) questionnaire which measures 4 macronutrients: carbohydrates, fat, protein and low energy products and a preference for sweet or savoury food products, bounded on a scale of 0 (low preference) to 4 (high preference). The scores are not visible, patients first rank 32 randomised pictures individually and then into a preference order. The scores are calculated by an algorithm.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method