Quality Assurance Via Telephone Interviews After Cataract Surgery

NCT ID: NCT05215002

Last Updated: 2022-02-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-11-19
• Study Completion Date: 2023-11-01

Brief Summary

To analyse quality assurance after cataract surgery by assessing discomfort and other symptoms via telephone interviews either in the evening of the day of the surgery or 1 day after surgery versus no additional call after surgery.

Detailed Description

As there is a trend towards shorter hospital stays, an increasing number of patients is leaving the hospital the same day after cataract surgery. There may be questions or complaints after the patients' dismissal after cataract surgery, consequently it might be useful to call patients at the day or one day after surgery in order to ask them about their concerns.

In general, possible complications after cataract surgery are explained to patients already before surgery and patients often receive additional written information. But as patients may still be uncertain whether it would be beneficial to visit a doctor in case of problems, it might be useful to call the patients and if necessary, advise them to see a doctor. During the phone call patients have the opportunity to ask more questions if something still does not seem clear.

For patients who are scheduled for cataract surgery for both eyes, the routine procedure is as follows: if cataract surgery is scheduled for both eyes, in general the surgeries are performed one week apart. Cataract surgery is usually performed under local anaesthesia and the patient can leave the department on the same day. When patients arrive at the department of ophthalmology for the second surgery, doctors evaluate the condition of the eye, operated the week before. After each surgery of each eye patients receive a prescription of topical medication. It is recommended to see the referring ophthalmologist within a week after the procedure. In case of problems or complaints patients are always told to see a doctor immediately. A respective written information is given to the patients.

During this study we plan to call patients, who are scheduled for cataract surgery for both eyes, in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after the surgery of the first eye and to ask questions about their current condition for quality assessment. When people return for cataract surgery of the second eye, a questionnaire will be handed out to the patients. This questionnaire includes questions concerning problems after surgery of the first eye, visits in outpatint clinics and about their satisfaction with the phone call after the surgery of the first eye.

In this study 200 patients will be included: 100 patients will receive a telephone call (50 in the evening of the day of the surgery, 50 one day after surgery) and 100 patients who will not receive a phone call.

Conditions

Cataract

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Telephone call

Patient will receive a telephone call in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Telephone Call

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patient will be called in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery and asked about any complaints

No telephone call

Patient will not receive a telephone call in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

No telephone call

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patient will not be called in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery and asked about any complaints

Interventions

Telephone Call

Patient will be called in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery and asked about any complaints

Intervention Type: OTHER

No telephone call

Patient will not be called in the evening of the day of the surgery or one day after surgery and asked about any complaints

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• men and women aged 18 and older
• planned cataract surgery of both eyes
• good knowledge of the german language

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 105 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Oliver Findl, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery

Locations

Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS), Hanusch Hospital

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Austria

Central Contacts

Oliver Findl, MD

Role: CONTACT

office@viros.at

+43 (1) 91021 ext. 57564

Manuel Ruiss, MD

Role: CONTACT

office@viros.at

+43 (1) 91021 ext. 57564

Facility Contacts

Oliver Findl, MD

Role: primary

office@viros.at

+43 (1) 91021 ext. 57564

Manuel Ruiss, MSc

Role: backup

office@viros.at

+43 (1) 91021 ext. 57564

Other Identifiers

Cat Tel

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id