Chatbot on the Prevention of Postoperative Complications
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: chatbot education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Visceral Surgery Complications. Basic parameters: from 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparison of Traditional Nurse-led Education and Chatbot on the Prevention of Postoperative Complications After Major Visceral Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
Major visceral surgery encompasses a broad range of operations with a wide variety of procedures that fall under this category. The majority of patients undergoing major visceral surgery often present with cancer and other medical comorbidities and are put at an elevated risk of a large number of medical and surgical postoperative complications
Detailed description
Complications following major visceral surgery are relatively common and are estimated to occur in 18-23% of patients . The management of complications is challenging for both the elderly patient and the perioperative team, and adds considerably to the cost of care particularly when further interventions involve readmission, unplanned admission to an intensive care unit, interventional radiology and/or an unplanned return to theatre. With the advancement of online patient portals, the use of internet to seek for health information is already a common phenomenon; Chatbot may become a more significant source of information for patients.
Interventions
- Other chatbot education
elderly patients interacted with Chatbot to discuss general postoperative complication related inquiries
Primary outcome measures
- postoperative morbidity [Time frame: patient will be evaluated at three time points: 24 hour postoperative; 48 hours postoperative , and 30 days postoperative.]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Geriatric anxiety [Time frame: will be measured at three time points: 90 to 120 minutes before the preoperative consultation (baseline ); after 7 days postoperative, and after 30 days postoperative]
- quality of life [Time frame: will be measured at two time points : at baseline (preoperative ) and after 30 days postoperative]
- usability of using chatbots [Time frame: 4 weeks postoperatively]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Patients aged 60 years old and above, both sex, scheduled for elective major visceral surgery, able to communicate in the local language, and without any cognitive impairment.
Exclusion criteria
- Elderly patients with a history of major psychiatric disorders, patients with a history of previous major visceral surgery, and patients who were unable to provide informed consent will be excluded from the study.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Publications
- Elzeky MEH, Ali SM, Alanazi S, Shoukr EMM, Shahine NFM. Traditional nurse-led vs chatbot education for older adults in postoperative complication prevention after major visceral surgery: A randomized controlled trial. Geriatr Nurs. 2026 Jun 28;72:104166. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104166. Online ahead of print. PMID 42365771
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06624995 · 0637