Status:

COMPLETED

How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

Lead Sponsor:

University of Zurich

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age: ≥ 18 years
  • Capacity to act and no legal guardian
  • Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery
  • German language as daily language.

Exclusion

  • Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
  • Patients unable to read and write

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

615 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00785096

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

February 10 2015

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Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, 8091