PACU Discharge Readiness

Development of Assessment Tools for Determining Outpatient Subjects' Home-Readiness After Receiving Anesthesia (Without Family or Friend to Drive Them Home)

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07588542

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2026-05-14

Start date

2026-05-01

Completion date

2032-04-01

Last updated

2026-05-14

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Conditions

Baseline, Neurocognition, Patient Discharge

Brief summary

The use of custom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments will be evaluated as tools for determining the appropriateness of PACU discharge to home.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTcustom-created apps, neuropsychological testing, and clinical assessments

This study's interventions will include a brief neuropsychological assessment, including pre-operative baseline and post-operative repeat assessment. Additional assessments of memory and coordination using two custom apps and standard clinical assessments will also be conducted at each timepoint

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* The individuals will be identified from the operating room (OR) schedule and approached in the pre-operative area (or earlier, when possible). * Adult patients (18 years or older) listed for surgery and a planned 23-hour admission will be eligible for enrollment in this study. * Subjects must be fluent in English and not have confounding sensory or neurological limitations to participation

Exclusion criteria

* Members of vulnerable populations or adults unable to consent will be included in this study. * Subjects that do not speak English * Subjects with neurological limirations

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Standardized neuropsychiatric testing WAIS SCWT SPWT TOPJ	24 hours	comparison of results to baseline measurements of these four validated neuropsychiatric assessments

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Memory App	24 hours	Use of a colored sequence presentation memory app to assess subjects return to baseline
Flight Path App	24 hours	Seated subject follows the flight path of a bird on an iPad app. Comparisons made to baseline performance.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTAlexandra Barabanova

barabano@uic.edu312-355-5377

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 15, 2026