Patients Scheduled to Undergo Surgery on the Gynecology Service
Conditions
Keywords
surgery, 15-315
Brief summary
The purpose of this pilot study is to find out if patients are willing to self-report symptoms in the first 5 days following discharge, or when they leave the hospital after ambulatory surgery (ambulatory surgery is when the patient has surgery and then goes home within 24 hours).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALsurvey
All patients will submit a baseline survey following enrollment onto study. After successful completion of the AXR or 24-hour discharge pathway, the consented patient will be contacted by email or telephone for 5 days following discharge from surgery.
Sponsors
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* The patients must be undergoing surgery for an indication tracked within the Gynecologic AXR program or have an expected postoperative discharge within 24 hours of surgery. These surgical procedures typically include: minimally invasive hysterectomy or radical hysterectomy, salpingo-oophorectomies \[mentioned above\], and minimally invasive staging procedures. * The patient must have a phone number or an email address. * The patient must be willing to self-report postoperative symptoms over an automated phone system or via an online platform. * The patient must speak and read fluent English.
Exclusion criteria
* Non-English speaking patients * Patients unwilling to provide contact information (email or phone number)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| number of patients who respond to the survery | up to 5 days after surgery | A patient will be deemed a responder if they complete at least 5 of the 8 symptom items on at least 3 days postoperatively. The symptom assessment method will be deemed successful if 32 of the 50 patients respond. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed