Impact of an Operating Room Nurse Pre-operative Dialogue in Patients Undergoing Major Visceral Surgery

Impact of an Operating Room Nurse Pre-operative Dialogue on Anxiety, Satisfaction and Early Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Visceral Surgery - a Single Center, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05237557

Enrollment

Registered

2022-02-14

Start date

2020-01-09

Completion date

2021-12-01

Last updated

2022-03-02

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Conditions

Anxiety, Postoperative Complications, Postoperative Nausea, Post Operative Pain, Satisfaction, Patient

Brief summary

Single-center, open label, randomized controlled trial of a preoperative nursing dialogue in patient undergoing major visceral surgery aiming in evaluating its impact on patients' anxiety, satisfaction and early postoperative outcomes.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPreoperative nurse dialogue

Performance of a preoperative nurse dialogue prior major visceral surgery

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Single center, Open-label, Randomized controlled trial

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient undergoing elective major visceral surgery * Hospitalization the day before surgery * Sufficient command of French language

Exclusion criteria

* emergency procedures (after unplanned admission) * inability to obtain informed consent or refusal * inability to follow intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Preoperative anxiety	5-10 minutes after intervention	State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y (STAI-Y)

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results

None listed

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