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The effect of communicating with patient before anesthesia on pain and agitation

Clinical trial comparing the effects of patient communication before general anesthesia on post-operation pain and agitation of patients after endoscopic sinus surgery in the recovery room

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201404278589N3
Enrollment
61
Registered
2014-11-04
Start date
2011-05-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

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

Conditions

acute pain and agitation. Generalized pain NOS, Worries NOS

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention1: The patients of case group were involved in a 15-20 minutes of informative and supportive communication once in the night before the surgery and once again for 5-10 minu
the researcher introduces his/her self and asks the patients about their name, job, education, experience of their previous surgery. The researcher encourages the patients to express their feeling and
the Patients are informed about general anesthesia and its equipment such as mask, anesthesia machine, ambo bag, monitoring, common side-effects that may occur during anesthesia, post-op pain, nausea,
Prevention
Intervention1: The patients of case group were involved in a 15-20 minutes of informative and supportive communication once in the night before the surgery and once again for 5-10 minutes just before
the Patients are informed about general anesthesia and its equipment such as mask, anesthesia machine, ambo bag, monitoring, common side-effects that may occur during
Intervention2: The patients of control group did not receive any informative and supportive communication and were only treated with routine OR procedures. If they had some questions, the stuffs answe

Sponsors

Vice chancellor for research Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 61 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria : patients, who were all over 18 years old and they were all non-smokers with no drug addiction or long-term (>6 months) use of analgesic and/or NSAIDs, Patients were diagnosed and scheduled for limited sinus endoscopy surgery (opening maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinus with or without partial resection of middle cornea without septoplasty including polyposis and sinusitis) entered the study consecutively. Exclusion criteria: Patients who faced complications during anesthesia (cardiac arrest, bradycardia (HR<40) and bronchospasm), needed a more advanced sinus endoscopic surgery, in whom cautery was used for hemostasis or surgery, duration of longer than 4 hours were excluded from the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain. Timepoint: Entering the recovery, During the recovery entrance, Leaving the recovery. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale, Non-verbal Analog Scale.;Agitation. Timepoint: Entering the recovery, During the recovery entrance, Leaving the recovery. Method of measurement: Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactFatemeh Navidi

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

saharnavidi@yahoo.com+98 21 6670 6107

Outcome results

None listed

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