PEPPER : PErcePtion of Pre-anesthesia Visit With or Without Robot

Completed

• Conditions: Satisfaction, Personal; Anesthesia
• Interventions: Other: PEPPER robot

• Registration Number: NCT03521453
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Angers

Brief Summary

Pre-anesthesia visit for scheduled surgery is mandatory by law in France. During this visit, patients should be informed of the different available technics of anesthesia (i.e. general or loco-regional) and of their own risks .

Nowadays, many informations are given through written paper and leaflets, just before the consultation. In addition, patients need usually to wait for the doctor. This time may be used to give information, and new information's support, such as videos, may be used.

The aim of this study is to evaluated if a robot (PEPPER), who is able to answer to patients and to give informations, may increase the satisfaction of patients having a pre anesthesia visit for a scheduled surgery.

Detailed Description

Before- after observational study.

All adult patients (age≥18 yrs) coming for a pre-anesthesia visit will be proposed to fulfill a questionnaire regarding their satisfaction and the quality of information they received.

* in the first period, patients will receive paper informations before the anesthesia visit.

* in the second period, they will have the same paper informations but a robot PEPPER will also stand in the waiting room and propose to the patients to give them informations about anesthesia, patients journey, risks, blood transfusion etc...

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-01
• Study Start: 2018-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-05-11
• Primary Completion: 2018-05-30
• Study Completion: 2018-06-15
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 298

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients scheduled for a pre-Anesthesia visit during the study period

Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal to answer the questionnaire
• unable to answer the questionnaire (not speaking french...)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
After, with PEPPER	PEPPER robot	Written information + presence of a robot (PEPPER) in the waiting room, who will give informations.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patients satisfaction about the pre-anesthesia visit	1 hour	numerical scale from 0 to 10 (poor to excellent)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of information about risks	1 hour	numerical scale from 0 to 10 (poor to excellent)
quality of information	1 hour	numerical scale from 0 to 10 (poor to excellent)
annoying of waiting	1 hour	numerical scale from 0 to 10 (none to maximal)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Angers; 🇫🇷 Angers, France