adult surgical patients
Conditions
Interventions
None
Sponsors
None
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: - Patients scheduled for elective surgery in the operating theatres of the AUMC, location AMC - Patients receiving general anaesthesia - Patients = 18 years - Dutch speaking - Patients sufficiently awake in the PACU during office hours - Patients able and allowed to eat a normal diet postoperatively - Willing and able to sign consent for re-use of care data - The study can be combined with other studies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: - Patients < 18 years - Patients receiving only locoregional and/or neuraxial anesthesia - Non Dutch speaking - Patients not sufficiently awake in the PACU during office hours - Patients unable to eat a normal diet postoperatively, due to tube feeding and/or parenteral feeding - Patients with a vegan or vegetarian diet preference - Patients with food intolerance and/or food allergies - Patients who do not sign consent for re-use of care data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the taste preference of postoperative adult patients in the PACU, by means of the MTPRT (Macronutrient and Taste Preference Ranking Task) questionnaire which measures 4 macronutrients: carbohydrates, fat, protein and low energy products and a preference for sweet or savoury food products, bounded on a scale of 0 (low preference) to 4 (high preference). The scores are not visible, patients first rank 32 randomised pictures individually and then into a preference order. The scores are calculated by an algorithm. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - The following objectives will be answered on an NRS scale from 1 to 5, where 1 = absolutely no desire and 5 = very desirous: A. Patient preference for consistency, temperature, texture of the food products that are offered, B. The influence of appetite on the postoperative taste preference. - To develop a product advice for food products in the PACU, which corresponds to the results of patient taste preference. The advice will be based on the available food products in the PACU and/or the Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. - To study if there is an association between patient related factors and postoperative taste preference. The following patient related factors will be extracted from EPIC: age, gender, BMI, smoking, pregnancy, recent chemotherapy, COVID-19 status, type of surgery. - To study if there is an association between preoperative fasting time and postoperative taste preference. - To study if there is an association of the duration of general anaesthesia on the postoperative taste preference. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMireille van Stijn
Amsterdam University Medical Centres, location AMC
Outcome results
None listed