Effects of Patient-centered Telephone Education in Day Surgery
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-64
SponsorUniversity of Oulu
About this trial
This study describe and evaluate the effectiveness of patient-centered telephone education in day surgery. The aim is to evaluate the effects of patient-centered telephone education on the experienced health of adult patients and the costs of healthcare in day surgery. Telephone education intervention is planned in co-operation with the day surgery unit´s healthcare staff.
Half of participants will receive current education in day surgery, while the other half will receive developed patient-centered telephone education before and after day surgery.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
arrive at the surgery from home
leave latest at the next morning of the surgery
leave home after surgery
is 18-64 years old
Disqualifiers
over 65 years old patients
patients who need institutional care after surgery
patients who arrive to surgery from a institutional care unit
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Patient-centered telephone education
BehavioralThe intervention will be carried out in accordance with the guidelines and the contents of the patient-centered telephone education intervention in the same way with every patient. The education call duration is approximately 15 to 30 minutes.
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Patient-centered telephone educationExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Current education practiceNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Experienced health
The questionnaire assess the impact of patient-centered telephone education to the day surgery patients´ experienced health, such as mobility, sleep, normal functions of survival, intellectual activities, ailments and symptoms, anxiety and energetic aspects.
Time frame
Up to two weeks after surgery2
Health-care costs
Patient-centered telephone education´s measures to the number of patient´s postoperative treatment
Time frame
Up to three months after surgerySponsors and contacts
Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.
University of Oulu
Lead sponsor
Oulu University Hospital
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov
This trial is not recruiting at the moment. You can still explore other options: