NCT04669379

Is an Online-tool Capable of Improving Patients' Outcomes After Surgery?

Preoperative Optimization of Patient's Expectations by the Use of an Online-Tool - a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: Philipps University Marburg · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Recovery after the surgery depends on psychological factors such as preoperative information, expectations, and surgery-associated anxiety. Prior studies have shown that even short preoperative psychological interventions can improve postoperative outcomes. However, the content of these interventions needs further examination. This study aims to examine if the developed preoperative intervention (i) reduces preoperative anxiety, (ii) increases positive expectations, and (iii) improves the long-term outcome and postoperative recovery. Therefore an online-tool has been developed. Using an online-approach makes it possible to reach many patients taking as little time and cost as possible. Patients who undergo surgery in the next two weeks and want to participate in the study will be asked for the planned surgical procedure. There will be a filter (stratum) for surgery. Patients with the same kind of surgery are randomized into two groups (Control vs. intervention group) after they've filled some questionnaires at the baseline assessment. Following this, the intervention group will participate in the psychological online intervention (around 30 minutes). The intervention will focus on the treatment outcome expectations and personal control expectations to increase patients' positive expectations. The control group will receive no psychological intervention. Both groups will fill out questionnaires again in the evening, two days before the surgery, around one week after the surgery, and three months after the surgery.

Conditions

• Patients Undergoing Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	EXPECT: Preoperative optimization of patient's expectations	Patients work through an online-tool (around 30 minutes). This preoperative intervention aims to optimize patients' expectations by focusing on positive and realistic expectations regarding the surgery-benefits and recovery process, giving information, and giving advice for coping resources.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-15
• Primary completion: 2022-11-21
• Completion: 2022-11-24
• First posted: 2020-12-16
• Last updated: 2024-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany