Patient maintained sedation for orthopaedic surgery.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Patient maintained sedation for orthopaedic surgery performed under regional anaesthesia: a feasibility study.
IRAS ID
179226
Contact name
Nigel Bedforth
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Nottingham Health Science Partners
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
http://www.researchregistry.com, researchregistry2521; ,
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 2 days
Research summary
Sedation is often used for patients undergoing operations under regional anaesthesia. It is used to reduce patient anxiety and improve comfort. Physician-controlled sedation is the commonest method of sedation in the U.K. This is when the anaesthetist gives intermittent doses of sedative to the patient. Patient-maintained sedation is a newer technique where the patient uses a button during their operation to give themselves sedation. Empowering patients with this control may their anxiety and increase satisfaction. We propose a feasibility study to collect data on the safety and patient experience of patient-maintained sedation in elective orthopaedic surgery performed under regional anaesthesia. We will study a non-consecutive series of 40 patients. Each patient will be given a psychological questionnaire before their operation and another one after their operation. These will help us identify who finds this sedation technique most useful, and whether people found it reduced their anxiety overall. During their operations we will collect information about the safety of the technique (such as pulse and blood pressure) and record how sedated the patients were during surgery. The safety and psychological data collected from this feasibility study will help us design further research to directly compare patient-maintained sedation with traditional physician-controlled sedation.
REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
16/WA/0080
Date of REC Opinion
17 Mar 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion