NCT03930784

A Real-world Study to Examine the Relationship Between Simple Physical Functioning Tests, Complications and Recovery Following Abdominal Surgery.

A Real-world Study to Examine the Relationship Between Simple Physical Functioning Tests, Complications and Recovery Following Abdominal Surgery - a Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of Limerick · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Background: Complications impact physical and psychological recovery and are associated with financial cost. General physical function has not been studied in relation to the development of surgical complications in this cohort. Objective: Evaluate the physical function performance differences between those who develop complications and those who do not and determine their impact on recovery. Design: Observational Setting: The pre-operative assessment unit in the University Hospital Limerick. Patients: Forty-nine participants who were planned to undergo abdominal surgery were recruited \& 43 completed the study. Main outcome measure: Demographics, physical function, lung function, surgical parameters, complications and recovery data was collected.

Conditions

• Surgery--Complications
• Abdomen
• Physical Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Nil intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-21
• Primary completion: 2017-07-06
• Completion: 2017-07-06
• First posted: 2019-04-29
• Last updated: 2019-04-29