How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

Perception of Surgical Complications - Agreements Among Patients, Nurses and Physicians

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00785096

Enrollment

615

Registered

2008-11-05

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2015-02-10

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Perception, surgical complications, patients, nurses and physicians

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Interventions

OTHERQuestionnaire

Questionnaire, complications, grading severity, visual analog scale

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Age: ≥ 18 years * Capacity to act and no legal guardian * Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery * German language as daily language.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers * Patients unable to read and write

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures	August 2008- December 2009

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Association to the Clavien Dindo Classification	August 2008 - December 2009

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026