The efficiency of Nurse Specialist led preoperative education for children and their parents in a day surgery unit who are going to surgical operations in reducing the perioperative time

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN81632847

Enrollment

Registered

2006-09-29

Start date

2005-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-11-20

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Conditions

Surgery Surgery

Interventions

Randomised controlled trial - quantitative data collection.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged from 0-15 years old from Day Surgery Units (Ward 16) at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Education children and parents pre-operative will help to minimise perioperative time. Outcome measure is arrival time in theatre.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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