N/A
N=257
Anesthesia Counseling, Consent, & Professionalism
Communication · Preoperative · Ethics
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT06010836 ↗Enrolled (actual)
257
Serious AEs
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Results posted
Dec 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Who Recall Anesthesia Team Members — 30; 49 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Script guided conversation (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Primary completion
- Nov 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Who Recall Anesthesia Team Members |
30; 49 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Who Recall Anesthetic Risks |
29; 34; 22; 36; 20; 24 | — |
| PRIMARY Postoperative Understanding of Anesthetic Plan as Assessed by the Questionnaire Developed by the Study Team |
0.16; 0.714 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Satisfied With Anesthesia Conversation |
118; 113; 3; 0; 0; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY Preoperative Anxiety as Assessed by Questionnaire Developed by Study Team |
3.33; 3.70 | — |
Summary
The anesthesia consent form has become a standard before surgery. However, verbal aspects of anesthesia consent and of the value of the preoperative anesthesia discussion has not been addressed. This study will use preoperative discussions and postoperative patient questionnaires to examine the degree of awareness that the patients and the patients families have regarding what general anesthesia is, the responsibilities of the anesthesiologist, and the specifics of what the participants are agreeing to by signing the consent form.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Age 18 and up
- Elective Procedures
- English-speaking
- Consenting for general anesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
- Obstetric patients
- Prisoners
- Emergency cases
- Patients under age 18
- Patients don't speak English
- Not consented for general anesthesia
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06010836). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.