AnesthesiaNCT07535450
Pre-anaesthesia Reviews in Denmark - Status of a Person-centred Approach
An observational study of Anesthesia, run by Gødstrup Hospital at 3 sites in Denmark.
Trial summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn about current pre-anaesthesia practices in Denmark and patients' experiences of pre-anaesthesia consultations as well as what matters to patients before anaesthesia. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Anesthesia
- How many people
- 1,400 participants
- Where
- 3 sitesDenmark
- Study dates
- 1 Jun 2026to 1 Sep 2026
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Patients undergoing surgery at public hospitals throughout Denmark regardless hospital type (regional versus university hospital), low-income or high-income areas, rural versus urban areas. Thus the study population is representative of the Danish speaking population.
Who may be able to join
- Patients, who can read/write Danish and can give informed consent.
Who cannot join
- -
Trial locations and contacts
3 sites in 1 country.
Denmark3 sites
Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, 2100
Gødstrup Hospital
Herning, 7400
Horsens Regional Hospital
Horsens, 8700
About this study
The goal of this observational study is to learn about current pre-anaesthesia practices in Denmark and patients' experiences of pre-anaesthesia consultations as well as what matters to patients before anaesthesia.
The questions the study aims to answer are:
Read more
What are the current pre-anaesthesia practices in Danish public hospitals. How do patients experience pre-anaesthesia consultations in Danish public hospitals.
What matters to patients before anaesthesia in Danish public hospitals.
On the day of surgery, patients answer an online survey about what matters to them when undergoing anaesthesia and whether they spoke with an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia.
Data from the medical chart are obtained to support patients responses. For patients receiving a pre-anaesthesia consultation, we will summarise the degree of person-centredness experienced by patients.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia
- Keywords
- Person-centredness
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| In person pre-anaesthesia assessment | Patients who speak with an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia either face-to-face, telephone based, video based | |
| Remote pre-anaesthesia assessment | No contact between patient and an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia (anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist's review of medical charts only). |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
What matters to you when undergoing anaesthesia?
Open responses to the question about what matters to the patient before anaesthesia. Will be analysed using content analysis focusing on the manifest content rather than the latent content.
Measured: Baseline
Pre anaesthesia consultation
Descriptive data on how many patients had a pre anaesthesia consultation. Response options: Yes, no, don't know.
Measured: Baseline
Person-centred pre-anaesthesia practice
Patients who had a pre-anaesthesia consultation answer four questions from the subsection "Working with patients' beliefs and values" on the Person-centred Practice Inventory - Care (PCPI-C). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree, disagree, bneutral, agree to strongly agree. The subscale score is calculated as an average of the four items. There are no reverse scoring items. A higher score indicates that patients perceive a higher quality of person-centred care, characterized by stronger alignment with their values, shared decision-making, and authentic relationships with staff.
The "Working with patients' beliefs and values" subsection consists of the follwoing questions:
"Staff make an effort to understand what is important to me" "I feel able to say to staff what is important to me" "I feel able to give staff feedback about my experience of being cared for" "In caring for me, staff use what they know about me as a person"
Measured: Baseline
Patients' experiences of pre-anaesthesia consultations
Qualitative study with semi-structured individual telephone-interviews using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
Measured: Baseline
Secondary outcomes (10)
Educational level
Categorized data where patients mark their highest level of education. Data will be presented descriptively.
Measured: Baseline
Employment status
Categorical data. Patients mark their employment status. Data will be presented descriptively.
Measured: Baseline
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification
Data on ASA classification will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Pre-anaesthesia assessment
Data on pre-anaesthesia assessment practices: face-to-face, telephone based, video based, administrative (review of medical charts only), other, as well as date of assessment and done by professional group (anaesthesiologist, nurse anaesthetist, or other).
Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Planned type of anaesthesia
Type: general, regional, epidural/spinal, sedation, local analgesia. Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation
Measured: Baseline
Surgical intervention
Data will be obtained from medicial journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Duration of surgery
Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Cardiac/non-cardiac conditions
Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Cancer/non-cancer conditions
Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia conditions)
Measured: Baseline
Admission type: ambulatory/non-ambulatory
Data will be obtained from medical journals and described as crude numbers and percentages and by group (pre-anaesthesia consultation versus no pre-anaesthesia consultation)
Measured: Baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Apr 2026
- Study start1 Jun 2026
- Primary completion4 Jun 2026
- Study completion1 Sep 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for AnesthesiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 1,400 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Gødstrup Hospital
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg University Hospital, Regionshospitalet Horsens, Odense University Hospital, Zealand University Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07535450
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1-52-81-95-26
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 10 Apr 2026
- Last updated
- 16 Sep 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 16 Sep 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Pre-anaesthesia Reviews in Denmark - Status of a Person-centred Approach
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07535450
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 1-52-81-95-26
- Conditions
- Anesthesia
- Keywords
- Person-centredness
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,400 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Gødstrup HospitalUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg University Hospital, Regionshospitalet Horsens, Odense University Hospital, Zealand University Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
- Study start
- 1 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 4 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Sep 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Apr 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this observational study is to learn about current pre-anaesthesia practices in Denmark and patients' experiences of pre-anaesthesia consultations as well as what matters to patients before anaesthesia.
The questions the study aims to answer are:
What are the current pre-anaesthesia practices in Danish public hospitals. How do patients experience pre-anaesthesia consultations in Danish public hospitals.
What matters to patients before anaesthesia in Danish public hospitals.
On the day of surgery, patients answer an online survey about what matters to them when undergoing anaesthesia and whether they spoke with an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia.
Data from the medical chart are obtained to support patients responses. For patients receiving a pre-anaesthesia consultation, we will summarise the degree of person-centredness experienced by patients.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| In person pre-anaesthesia assessment | – | –Patients who speak with an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia either face-to-face, telephone based, video based |
| Remote pre-anaesthesia assessment | – | –No contact between patient and an anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist about the anaesthesia (anaesthesiologist or nurse anaesthetist's review of medical charts only). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Patients undergoing surgery at public hospitals throughout Denmark regardless hospital type (regional versus university hospital), low-income or high-income areas, rural versus urban areas. Thus the study population is representative of the Danish speaking population.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Patients, who can read/write Danish and can give informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- -
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
What matters to you when undergoing anaesthesia?
Time frame: Baseline
Open responses to the question about what matters to the patient before anaesthesia. Will be analysed using content analysis focusing on the manifest content rather than the latent content.
Pre anaesthesia consultation
Time frame: Baseline
Descriptive data on how many patients had a pre anaesthesia consultation. Response options: Yes, no, don't know.
Person-centred pre-anaesthesia practice
Time frame: Baseline
Patients who had a pre-anaesthesia consultation answer four questions from the subsection "Working with patients' beliefs and values" on the Person-centred Practice Inventory - Care (PCPI-C). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from strongly disagree, disagree, bneutral, agree to strongly agree. The subscale score is calculated as an average of the four items. There are no reverse scoring items. A higher score indicates that patients perceive a higher quality of person-centred care, characterized by stronger alignment with their values, shared decision-making, and authentic relationships with staff. The "Working with patients' beliefs and values" subsection consists of the follwoing questions: "Staff make an effort to understand what is important to me" "I feel able to say to staff what is important to me" "I feel able to give staff feedback about my experience of being cared for" "In caring for me, staff use what they know about me as a person"
Patients' experiences of pre-anaesthesia consultations
Time frame: Baseline
Qualitative study with semi-structured individual telephone-interviews using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
10 secondary outcomes
Educational level
Time frame: Baseline
Employment status
Time frame: Baseline
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification
Time frame: Baseline
Pre-anaesthesia assessment
Time frame: Baseline
Planned type of anaesthesia
Time frame: Baseline
Surgical intervention
Time frame: Baseline
Duration of surgery
Time frame: Baseline
Cardiac/non-cardiac conditions
Time frame: Baseline
Cancer/non-cancer conditions
Time frame: Baseline
Admission type: ambulatory/non-ambulatory
Time frame: Baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 16 Sep 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
3 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Anesthesia, run by Gødstrup Hospital at 3 sites in Denmark.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 3 sites in Denmark. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
What matters to you when undergoing anaesthesia? (time frame: Baseline). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Sep 2026.