How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy

• Registration Number: NCT00785096
• Lead Sponsor: University of Zurich

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-11-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2008-11-05
• Study Start: 2009-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-12
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-02-09
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 615

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: ≥ 18 years
• Capacity to act and no legal guardian
• Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery
• German language as daily language.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
• Patients unable to read and write

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures	August 2008- December 2009

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Association to the Clavien Dindo Classification	August 2008 - December 2009

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich; 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland