NCT03521453

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 298 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Angers · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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...

Conditions

• Satisfaction, Personal
• Anesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	PEPPER robot	Presence of a Robot (PEPPER Robot), designed and programmed to give informations, using a screen and vocal. All the patients in the second period will have access to,the robot, while waiting for the visit.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-15
• Primary completion: 2018-05-30
• Completion: 2018-06-15
• First posted: 2018-05-11
• Last updated: 2020-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France