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Health Literacy in the Perioperative Setting

— Observational Pediatric Surgery Health Literacy

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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: Survey using a questionnaire..
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Pediatric Surgery, Health Literacy. Basic parameters: 3 years — 17 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
United States
Next step
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Official title

Health Literacy and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in the Perioperative Setting

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine the association of the social determinants of health with perioperative health literacy in caregivers of children presenting for surgery. Another purpose is to determine the association of caregiver health literacy with preoperative caregiver anxiety and postoperative patient pain scores.

Interventions

  • Other Survey using a questionnaire.
    REDCap Survey

Primary outcome measures

  • sTOFHLA survey [Time frame: From enrollment to prior to surgery start.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
  • 6-STAI [Time frame: From enrollment to prior to surgery start.]
  • Postoperative patient pain scores [Time frame: Perioperative]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Caregivers of children age 3-17 years
  • Patient undergoing ambulatory dental rehabilitation, orchiopexy, inguinal hernia repair, or tonsillectomy +/- adenoidectomy +/- ear tubes under general anesthesia.
  • Primary language must be English, Spanish, Arabic, Nepali, or Somali.

Exclusion criteria

  • ASA ≥ 3
  • chronic pain condition
  • inpatient
  • regional anesthesia.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Observational model
Cohort

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07138482 · STUDY00004902

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗