Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) in Surgical Patients

Summary

This study aims to examine the effect of using the Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) on surgical patients' satisfaction with discharge education and their communication-related issues.

This study is designed as a post-test control group randomized trial. The main questions it aims to answer are:

H₀₁: There is no difference in discharge education satisfaction levels between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.

H₀₂: There is no difference in communication problems between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.

•H₁₁: There is a difference in discharge education satisfaction levels between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group.

H₁₂: There is a difference in communication problems between surgical patients who use the PASC and those in the control group. Research Question:• What are the adherence rates for each item of the PASC Checklist and the overall adherence rate among participants?

Participants will:

* From the day the decision for surgery is made until hospital discharge, participants will either use the Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) or receive standard perioperative care, according to their group allocation.
* On the day of discharge, participants will complete the Surgical Patients' Discharge Education Satisfaction Scale, the Healthcare Communication Questionnaire, and the Health Communication Problems Scale.

Conditions

• Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Standard Care (in control arm)

The 132 patients randomized to the control group will complete only the Descriptive Characteristics Form at enrollment and will receive routine standard care throughout the perioperative period

BEHAVIORAL

Using a PASC Checklist

The Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) was developed for patient self-use.The 132 patients randomized to the intervention group will receive the Descriptive Characteristics Form and the Patient Safety Checklist (PASC) on the day the decision for surgery is made. Participants will be instructed to use the PASC throughout the entire perioperative period, from the preoperative phase until hospital discharge. The completed PASC will be collected by the researcher on the day of discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oslo Metropolitan University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Bergen

  collaborator OTHER

• Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Ondokuz Mayıs University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Fatma Cebeci, Dr. · Ondokuz Mayıs University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-09-20

Primary Completion

2026-12-30

Completion

2027-01-30

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations