Questionnaire Survey of the Advanced Training Program for Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy

Completed

• Conditions: Gastric Cancer

• Registration Number: NCT05219539
• Lead Sponsor: Fujian Medical University

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the outcomes of the advanced training program for laparoscopic radical gastrectomy (ATP-LRG). The research subjects are the trainees who participated in this training program.

Detailed Description

Written informed consent is not required because of the observational and anonymous nature of this study. ATP-LRG is a national training program carried out by Fujian Medical University Union Hospital. Each training lasts about 1.5 days, which includes 1) detailed technique description; 2) prevention and solving of intraoperative complications; 3) live surgery performance; 4) theory and practice of clinical research; 5) comments on trainees' videos; and 6) questions, answers and discussions. In this study, 875 trainees who participated in ATP-LRG from January 2015 to October 2020 were interviewed using electronic questionnaires. Using a repeated-measures design to examine differences in outcomes before and after participating in the training. Questionnaire Star (Changsha Ranxing Information Technology Co., Ltd), a most widely used professional online questionnaire software platform in China, was used to design and create a link to the questionnaire. The questionnaire's link was sent to each trainee via WeChat (Tencent Holdings Limited), the most commonly used social networking software in China.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-11
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-02
• Study Completion: 2021-12-20
• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-02
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1355

Inclusion Criteria

• Participated in ATP-LRG between January 2015 and October 2020
• Have contact information

Exclusion Criteria

• Repeated participation in ATP-LRG
• Refuse to fill out the questionnaire

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of general surgical skills score	One year after participating in ATP-LRG	Change of general surgical skills score = posttraining general surgical skills score - pretraining general surgical skills score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes of laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score	One year after participating in ATP-LRG	Changes of laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score = posttraining laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score - pretraining laparoscopic gastrectomy acceptance score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.
Changes of clinical research possibilities score	One year after participating in ATP-LRG	Changes of clinical research possibilities score= posttraining clinical research possibilities score - pretraining clinical research possibilities score. Scores were evaluated using questionares.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fujian Medical University Union Hospital; 🇨🇳 Fuzhou, Fujian, China