Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04330612
Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction
Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 115 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study was a randomized control trial conducted to determine if frequent, standardized updates affect anxiety and satisfaction of family members. Additionally, the investigators aimed to determine if the length of the surgical procedure effects the satisfaction with updates.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Perioperative Updates | In the intervention group, the families received additional standardized electronic updates via pagers at three pivotal moments: 1) Initial skin incision has been made; 2) Critical part of the case is completed and closure has begun; and, 3) Closure is complete, and patient will be transferred to the recovery room when ready. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-08-30
- Completion
- 2017-08-30
- First posted
- 2020-04-01
- Last updated
- 2020-04-01
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04330612. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.