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NCT Number: NCT00795392

Preoperative Psychological Evaluation as Predictor of Outcomes

Perioperative psychological care is increasingly recognized as an essential part in the surgical environment. Previous studies have developed a strategy to evaluate the psychological influence after operations and found that postoperative psychological states significantly associated with the outcomes of patients. However, preoperative evaluation of patients the physicians do thus far is mainly the physical status assessment following the scale of American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Whether a full-scale evaluation of preoperative psychological status to surgical patients could be a predictor to postoperative outcomes or not is not still completely understood. The investigators hypothesized that the preoperative psychological assessment would be an important predictor to outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Elective Surgery

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210004, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing elective surgical operation
  • Age from 18-65 years

Exclusion criteria

  • Age <18 years or >65 years
  • Not willing to participate in this study
  • Patients from emergency department

Treatment and study plan

ASA scale

Other

ASA scale evaluation before operation

Full-scale psychological assessment

Other

Full-scale psychological evaluation before operation

Primary outcomes

  1. Time of recovery

    Time frame: Since the end of the operation (1 day) to six-month follow-up.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Intraoperative consumption of drugs

    Time frame: From the time of start of operation (0 min) to the end of the surgical procedures, this time will undergo alteration in different individuals

  2. Hospitalization days

    Time frame: Time length of staying at hospital from the day of inpatient to discharge home, this time will undergo alteration in different individuals

  3. Life quality

    Time frame: Since the end of the operation (1 day) to six-month follow-up.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nanjing Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Preoperative Psychological Evaluation as Predictor of Post-surgical Outcomes

Acronym: PEPO

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Nov 21, 2008
Registry last updated
Sep 18, 2009

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