Perioperative Family Updates Reduce Anxiety and Improve Satisfaction

NCT ID: NCT04330612

Last Updated: 2020-04-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 115 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2017-08-30

Brief Summary

This study was a randomized control trial conducted to determine if frequent, standardized updates affect anxiety and satisfaction of family members. Additionally, the investigators aimed to determine if the length of the surgical procedure effects the satisfaction with updates.

Conditions

Family Members; Anxiety; Satisfaction

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control

In the control pathway, the surgeons communicated with the family only once near the completion of the procedure.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention

In the intervention group, the families received additional standardized electronic updates via pagers.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Perioperative Updates

Intervention Type: OTHER

In the intervention group, the families received additional standardized electronic updates via pagers at three pivotal moments: 1) Initial skin incision has been made; 2) Critical part of the case is completed and closure has begun; and, 3) Closure is complete, and patient will be transferred to the recovery room when ready.

Interventions

Perioperative Updates

In the intervention group, the families received additional standardized electronic updates via pagers at three pivotal moments: 1) Initial skin incision has been made; 2) Critical part of the case is completed and closure has begun; and, 3) Closure is complete, and patient will be transferred to the recovery room when ready.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient undergoing inpatient arthroplasty, orthopaedic spine, or orthopaedic trauma procedures

Exclusion Criteria

• Age under 18
• Non-English speaking patients or families
• Patients with families that would not be waiting in the hospital during the perioperative period

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Vermont Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lindsay Howe

Primary Researcher

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

CHRMS 16-642

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id