Validation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist” to reduce postoperative morbidity and mortality

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mortality and morbidity outcomes; Anaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiology; Surgery - Other surgery

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000406909
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Alan Merry

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-04-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged over 16 years and who have undergone surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

NA

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Days alive and out of hospital (DAOH) is a patient-centred composite measure more commonly used in the cardiology literature. It reflects any major complications, including death.<br><br>A patient's DAOH is the number of days after surgery, up to a predefined limit, that the patient was both alive, and was not admitted to hospital. The DAOH limit for this study will be 90 days, thus each participant can receive a maximum DAOH of 89 (all participants underwent surgery on the first day), and a minimum of zero.[Update Data will be collected from patient records in two periods: Period 1 (pre-check list): the 18-month period from 1 May 2006 to 31 October 2007 Period 2 (post-check list): the 18-month period from 1 May 2009 to 31 October 2010.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Our secondary hypothesis, stated as a null hypothesis, is that there will be no difference between Maori and all other ethnic groups combined in the primary end-point. Therefore our second outcome measure is the rate of mortality and morbidity (as defined above) measured between Maori and non Maori.[Data will be collected from patient records in two periods:<br><br>Period 1 (pre-check list): the 18-month period from 1 May 2006 to 31 October 2007 <br>Period 2 (post-check list): the 18-month period from 1 May 2009 to 31 October 2010.]