Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) in Surgical Patients
ConditionSurgery
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorOndokuz Mayıs University
About this trial
This study aims to examine the effect of using the Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) on surgical patients' satisfaction with discharge education and their communication-related issues.
This study is designed as a post-test control group randomized trial. The main questions it aims to answer are:
H₀₁: There is no difference in discharge education satisfaction levels between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.
H₀₂: There is no difference in communication problems between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.
•H₁₁: There is a difference in discharge education satisfaction levels between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.
H₁₂: There is a difference in communication problems between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group. Research Question:• What are the adherence rates for each item of the PASC Checklist and the overall adherence rate among participants?
Participants will:
* From the day the decision for surgery is made until hospital discharge, participants will either use the Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) or receive standard perioperative care, according to their group allocation. * On the day of discharge, participants will complete the Surgical Patients' Discharge Education Satisfaction Scale, the Healthcare Communication Questionnaire, and the Health Communication Problems Scale.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Willing to participate in the study.
Scheduled to undergo elective primary major surgery.
Aged 18 years or older.
Undergoing a surgical procedure classified as a Category A, B, C, or D (major surgery) according to the Interventional Procedures List of the Turkish Ministry of Health.
Disqualifiers
Undergoing a surgical procedure classified as Category E according to the Interventional Procedures List published by the Turkish Public Hospitals Institution.
Belonging to vulnerable groups, including individuals who are legally restricted, prisoners, or residents of nursing homes.
Being scheduled for day surgery.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Standard Care (in control arm)
- Using a PASC Checklist
Treatment groups
264 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Lead sponsor
Oslo Metropolitan University
Collaborator
University of Bergen
Collaborator
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov