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Brief Title: Implementation of 23 Hour Surgery Model in a Tertiary Hospital
Official Title: 23 Hour Surgical Model in a Tertiary Hospital: Evaluation From Patient and Organisational Perspective
Study ID: NCT04142203
Brief Summary: Extended day surgery or 23 h surgery (23-hour surgery) is a surgical model where patients arrive to the hospital from home at the day of surgery, are operated and recover in a 23 h surgery unit. 23H surgery units are usually situated near postoperative recovery unit. THe 23 H surgical model was implemented in Kuopio University Hospital 2015 and between May 2017-May 2018 patients were recruited in the present prospective follow up cohort study. Patients were informed and they gave their informed consent. The patients were contacted two weeks after the study and details of their recovery were asked.
Detailed Description: Extended day surgery or 23 h surgery is a surgical model where patients arrive to the hospital from home at the day of surgery, are operated and recover in a 23 h surgery unit. 23H surgery units are usually situated near postoperative recovery unit. THe 23 H surgical model was implemented in Kuopio University Hospital 2015 and between May 2017-May 2018 patients were recruited in the present prospective follow up cohort study. Patients were informed and they gave their informed consent. The patients were contacted two weeks after the study and details of their recovery were asked. Satisfaction to the care in 23 h unit and surgical process, were asked. Amount of readmissions, reoperations, contacts to health care professionals and adverse events are recorded. Detailed information about intensity of pain, analgesic need and use in the hospital was recorded and pain interference in daily life for short term recovery period was asked.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Northern Savo, Finland
Name: Ulla-Maija Ruohoaho, MD
Affiliation: Kuopio University Hospital
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR