Trial Outcomes & Findings for Evaluation of Providing Coffee to Patients Postoperatively to Decrease Length of Stay in the PACU (NCT NCT03712891)

Results Overview

Post-anesthesia Care Unit length of stay

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

178 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

6 hours

Results posted on

2024-12-13

Participant milestones
Measure	Patients Receiving Coffee Postoperatively Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and receive coffee postoperatively Coffee: Patients will receive coffee in a Styrofoam cup at a temperature of 125 degree Fahrenheit or less. Coffee will be offered to the patient in the PACU once the patient's gag reflex has been restored following their procedure. Volume of estimated coffee consumption will be measured using a sample scale (with a maximum of 300mL of coffee offered)	Patients Not Receiving Coffee Postoperatively Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and do not receive coffee postoperatively
Overall Study STARTED	89	89
Overall Study COMPLETED	89	89
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	0

Withdrawal data not reported

Did not collect

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	Patients Receiving Coffee Postoperatively n=89 Participants Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and receive coffee postoperatively Coffee: Patients will receive coffee in a Styrofoam cup at a temperature of 125 degree Fahrenheit or less. Coffee will be offered to the patient in the PACU once the patient's gag reflex has been restored following their procedure. Volume of estimated coffee consumption will be measured using a sample scale (with a maximum of 300mL of coffee offered)	Patients Not Receiving Coffee Postoperatively n=89 Participants Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and do not receive coffee postoperatively	Total n=178 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Customized 18 years or older	89 Participants n=89 Participants	89 Participants n=89 Participants	178 Participants n=178 Participants
Sex/Gender, Customized Did not collect	0 Participants Did not collect	0 Participants Did not collect	0 Participants Did not collect
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected	—	—	0 Participants Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.
Region of Enrollment United States	89 participants n=89 Participants	89 participants n=89 Participants	178 participants n=178 Participants

Timeframe: 6 hours

Post-anesthesia Care Unit length of stay

Outcome measures
Measure	Patients Receiving Coffee Postoperatively n=89 Participants Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and receive coffee postoperatively Coffee: Patients will receive coffee in a Styrofoam cup at a temperature of 125 degree Fahrenheit or less. Coffee will be offered to the patient in the PACU once the patient's gag reflex has been restored following their procedure. Volume of estimated coffee consumption will be measured using a sample scale (with a maximum of 300mL of coffee offered)	Patients Not Receiving Coffee Postoperatively n=89 Participants Patients who self-identify as coffee drinkers and do not receive coffee postoperatively
PACU Length of Stay	82 minutes Standard Error 5.13	76 minutes Standard Error 5.13

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Adverse event data not reported

Adverse event data not reported

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