Life Experiences, Nervousness
Conditions
Keywords
Nervousness before anesthesia
Brief summary
Studies shows that reduced nervousness before anaesthesia may improve a course past anaesthesia. Therefore it is interesting to investigate how we can best help patients shortly before anaesthesia. A RCT with three intervention arms (with different personal support) and a control arm (with usual personal support) is therefore performed. Hypothesis: Nervousness is reduced by the new interventions compared to the usual help provided.
Detailed description
All patients receive behavioral support the last half hour before anaesthesia, but at different times and provided by persons with different connection to the patients. The last two patients in all arms will be interviewed about their experiences with the help offered. Statistic will provide results in the quantitative part of the study and analysis and interpretation following ideas of the French philosopher Poul Ricoeur will provide results in the qualitative part of the study.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOnly support from an anaesthetic nurse on the surgery ward
Additional staff are only present if required by law.
BEHAVIORALSupport: a theatre nurse + an anaesthetic nurse
Theatre nurse stay with the patient, follow her to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized
BEHAVIORALSupport: a nurse from the ward + an anaesthetic nurse
A nurse from the ward follows the patient to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized.
BEHAVIORALOptional relative supports
Optional relative follows the patient to the operating table and stays with her until she is anaesthetized
Sponsors
Odense University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All Danish-speaking expected gynaecological cancer patients, who are offered open surgery at Odense University Hospital, who can speak for themselves and have the opportunity to have close relative to follow before anaesthesia and who accept participation.
Exclusion criteria
* Senility
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in nervousness at the operating table | Baseline and when the patient is on the operating table, on average 1½ days | VAS score shown by patients and written down by the anesthetic nurse correcte to one decimal place. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfaction with help from healthcare professionals | A questionnaire at discharge, an expected average of three days | A validated questionnaire is filed out by patients. The questionnaire have six items measuring satisfaction with help from healthcare professionals provided at the hospital. |
| Healthcare professional time spent | The last half an hour before anaesthesia | Healthcare professional time spent on interventions: Healthcare professional time used with patient and relative half an hour before anaesthesia byond what is required by law |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed