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Patient and Staff Experience of Ambulatory Emergency Care on the Surgical Admissions Unit (SAU)

NCT03514043 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2021-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Emergency ambulatory care ("day-case" care that does not involve staying in a hospital bed overnight) is now well-established for medical patients and is being used increasingly for surgical patients. However, it is not known how emergency surgical patients feel about being managed in this way compared to being admitted to a hospital ward. The investigating team believe that some people will find it easier and would prefer to be able to stay at home overnight but others may find this difficult or dislike this method of care.

The investigators want to explore staff and patients' experience of this type of care with semi-structured telephone interviews. The interviews will take around 20-30mins each. The anticipated number of patient participants needed is 20 and 12-15 staff members.

Conditions

  • Emergencies
  • Surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Exeter

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa H Massey, MBBS (BSc) · Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital NHS Trust

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-05
Primary Completion
2019-10-02
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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