Comparison and Opinion on the Safety of Teleconsultation Versus Traditional Anaesthetic Consultation in a Day Hospital

NCT ID: NCT06248060

Last Updated: 2024-04-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 300 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-02-15
• Study Completion Date: 2024-04-08

Brief Summary

A pre-anaesthetic consultation is compulsory. It must be carried out at least 8 days before a scheduled medical and/or surgical operation. Its main objectives are to take the patient's history, carry out a clinical examination, select the complementary examinations that should be carried out, and inform the patient of the procedure and the type of anaesthetic proposed. In a world moving towards virtualisation, a number of medical specialities have opted for remote consultations, either by telephone or video-conferencing. Teleconsultation seems to offer greater satisfaction, not only for patients, but also for surgeons and anaesthetists. It is also associated with a reduction in the distance travelled by patients, costs and financial expenditure, with no increase in the rate of cancellation of surgery. For the first time at the Brussels University Hospital (Erasme), the anaesthesia and intensive care team will gradually introduce the system of pre-anaesthetic teleconsultation by telephone from October 2023.

The aim of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of preanaesthetic teleconsultation at the Erasme HUB. In fact, it would be better to have results based on local expertise in order to give an answer on the effectiveness, safety and security of this innovative method, which will be officially implemented in October 2023.

Conditions

Pre-anaesthetic Consultation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Before preanaesthetic teleconsultation implementation

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

preanaesthetic classical physical consultation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Pre-anaesthetic classical consultation before teleconsultation implementation

After preanaesthetic teleconsultation implementation

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

preanaesthetic teleconsultation

Intervention Type: OTHER

Pre-anaesthetic consultation by telephone for eligible patients according to the criteria set

Interventions

preanaesthetic classical physical consultation

Pre-anaesthetic classical consultation before teleconsultation implementation

Intervention Type: OTHER

preanaesthetic teleconsultation

Pre-anaesthetic consultation by telephone for eligible patients according to the criteria set

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients scheduled for any surgery at one day hospital and who have signed the consent form.
• Pre-anaesthetic consultation by telephone.

• patients having undergone any surgery at one day hospital during the period between 01/01/2023 and 31/06/2023.
• Pre-anaesthetic consultation carried out face-to-face.
• Patients eligible for teleconsultation

Exclusion Criteria

• Participation in another clinical study within the previous month.
• Patient unable to complete the questionnaire.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Erasme University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Céline Boudart

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

boudart céline

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HUB

Locations

Boudart Céline

Brussels, , Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

SRB2023303

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id