Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0045168791
Study information
Scientific title
The efficiency of Nurse Specialist led preoperative education for children and their parents in a day surgery unit who are going to surgical operations in reducing the perioperative time
Acronym
Study hypothesis
If children and their parents receive preoperative education from the Specialist Theatre Nurse then the perioperative time for those patients will differ from those who don't.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Other
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Surgery
Intervention
Randomised controlled trial - quantitative data collection.
Intervention type
Procedure/Surgery
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Education children and parents pre-operative will help to minimise perioperative time. Outcome measure is arrival time in theatre.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/2005
Overall trial end date
01/12/2005
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients aged from 0-15 years old from Day Surgery Units (Ward 16) at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
84
Participant exclusion criteria
No informed consent.
Recruitment start date
01/06/2005
Recruitment end date
01/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Main Theatres
Birmingham
B4 6NH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Funder name
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Self-funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
NHS R&D Support Funding
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list