PAC Time Assessment

• Conditions: Assessment Time; Anesthesia

• Registration Number: NCT03451604
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Rouen

Brief Summary

The aim of the preoperative assessment clinic (PAC) is to ensure optimal anaesthesia, reduce the morbidity associated with surgery, to increase the quality and decrease the cost of perioperative care 1. In addition, the PAC is an appropriate time to educate the patient on anaesthesia, perioperative care, and pain treatments, to reduce anxiety, to develop care plans, and to obtain informed consent. Moreover, a strong correlation exists between the time spent at the PAC and patient satisfaction2,3.

A high variability of preoperative assessment clinic (PAC) times is a reason for waiting time for patient. A better match between the reserved PAC time and the real consultation time could improved efficiency in consultation theatre. The PAC time depends on various parameters. On average the preoperative assessment of patients with a higher American Society Anesthesiologists' (ASA) class requires more time 4. In other monocentric study, the mean (SD) procedure time was 13 (6) min for the physician. It was significantly longer for patients with a higher ASA class : 10 min for ASA I, 14 min for ASA II, 17 min for ASA III and 21 min for ASA IV patients. In this monocentric study, every patient had a nurse consultation before PAC by the anesthesiologist.

The primary endpoint of this study was to assess the time involved in preoperative assessment clinic included the time during patient's health status has to be assessed (this encompasses a medical history and physical examination) and the time during the patient education on anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain treatments, to reduce anxiety, to develop care plans and to obtain informed consent.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-02
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-02-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-02
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-02
• Primary Completion: 2018-12-31
• Study Completion: 2019-02-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general or regional anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• patients under 16 years of age
• emergency surgery

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
total time involved in preoperative anesthesia consultation (min)	30 min	total time (min) is defined by the time between patient entry and discharge from the consultation office. It integrates time for patient assessment (this encompasses a medical history and physical examination) and time for patient information on the benefits and risks of the chosen anesthetic strategy (patient education on anaesthesia, perioperative care and pain treatments, to reduce anxiety, to develop care plans and to obtain informed consent)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anesthesia and surgery information and patient demographics	30 min	Data included anesthesia and surgery information and patient demographics; * ASA status; * Age; * BMI; * In patient or outpatient; * Number of medication; * Number of co morbidity; * Socioeconomic level; * Surgical specialty; * Senior or resident anesthesiologist (year experience); * Preoperative anxiety between 0 and 10; * Patient satisfaction between 0 and 10

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rouen University Hospital; 🇫🇷 Rouen, France