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Sex-related differences in post operative quality of recovery: A retrospective observational study

Sex-related differences in post operative quality of recovery: A retrospective observational study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00034586
Enrollment
294
Registered
2024-07-19
Start date
2022-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Quality of recovery

Interventions

Group 1: Patients aged minimum 18 years undergoing non- sex related surgery at the university hospital of Saarland including a hospital stay of minimum one day after surgery between the 01st of August

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients filling out the agreement to participate in the studies. Furthermore, the patients have at least average German skills to understand the questionnaire. It is in the informing doctor’s responsibility to decide whether the patient can understand the questions or not. Patients who were undergoing surgery in the departments of maxillofacial surgery, trauma surgery, general surgery, cardiac and thoracic surgery, and the surgical departments of urology, orthopaedics, ENT.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: To reduce the confounding effect of surgery, all sex-related surgeries were excluded, including surgeries of primary and secondary sexual organs. Patients not willing to fill out the post-surgery QoR-15Dt, patients aged under 18, emergency surgeries and patients who were already discharged prior to the first day after surgery.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The study has the primary aim to show whether the difference between the QoR-15Dt result between men and women is significant.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Showing which category and sub score differs the most between women and men.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactThomas Volk

Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes

Thomas.Volk@uks.eu+49 68411622485

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026