Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01515683
Behavioral Support Before Anesthesia
Behavioral Support to Cancer Patients Before Anesthesia
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 350 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Studies shows that reduced nervousness before anaesthesia may improve a course past anaesthesia. Therefore it is interesting to investigate how we can best help patients shortly before anaesthesia. A RCT with three intervention arms (with different personal support) and a control arm (with usual personal support) is therefore performed. Hypothesis: Nervousness is reduced by the new interventions compared to the usual help provided.
Detailed description
All patients receive behavioral support the last half hour before anaesthesia, but at different times and provided by persons with different connection to the patients. The last two patients in all arms will be interviewed about their experiences with the help offered. Statistic will provide results in the quantitative part of the study and analysis and interpretation following ideas of the French philosopher Poul Ricoeur will provide results in the qualitative part of the study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Only support from an anaesthetic nurse on the surgery ward | Additional staff are only present if required by law. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Support: a theatre nurse + an anaesthetic nurse | Theatre nurse stay with the patient, follow her to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized |
| BEHAVIORAL | Support: a nurse from the ward + an anaesthetic nurse | A nurse from the ward follows the patient to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Optional relative supports | Optional relative follows the patient to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-03-01
- Completion
- 2012-05-01
- First posted
- 2012-01-24
- Last updated
- 2014-05-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01515683. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.