NCT06624995

Chatbot on the Prevention of Postoperative Complications

Comparison of Traditional Nurse-led Education and Chatbot on the Prevention of Postoperative Complications After Major Visceral Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 214 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Mansoura University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Major visceral surgery encompasses a broad range of operations with a wide variety of procedures that fall under this category. The majority of patients undergoing major visceral surgery often present with cancer and other medical comorbidities and are put at an elevated risk of a large number of medical and surgical postoperative complications

Detailed description

Complications following major visceral surgery are relatively common and are estimated to occur in 18-23% of patients . The management of complications is challenging for both the elderly patient and the perioperative team, and adds considerably to the cost of care particularly when further interventions involve readmission, unplanned admission to an intensive care unit, interventional radiology and/or an unplanned return to theatre. With the advancement of online patient portals, the use of internet to seek for health information is already a common phenomenon; Chatbot may become a more significant source of information for patients.

Conditions

• Visceral Surgery Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	chatbot education	elderly patients interacted with Chatbot to discuss general postoperative complication related inquiries

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-01
• Completion: 2025-04-01
• First posted: 2024-10-03
• Last updated: 2024-10-16