Patients Gender Influence on Communication of Anaesthesia Risk

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Conditions studied: Anaesthesia Complication

In brief

In Anaesthesia Practice, an Informed consent involves discussing the risks and benefits involved with a certain procedure and its alternatives. Though it is intended to promote patient autonomy and enhance decision-making, the risk profiling, detailing and discussing; generally walks one-way, from the anaesthesiologist to patient/party. This monologue-leaned communication is neither free flowing nor the patients are allowed to 'speak-up-first' on their concerns or queries. Several gaps can be identified including reluctance on the part of the anaesthesiologist to engage the patients in decision making or not upholding the patient preferences; or patient lacking sufficient knowledge to make an informed choice. Therefore, for risk communication, the very context has to be tailored to patient's individual needs. There is no available study till date which has tried to address as how the communication between patient and the anaesthesiologist is influenced by the 'gender' of the patient concerned. This situates a need to understand how the 'gender' of a patient can influence communication during an Informed consent conversation on anaesthesia risk(s). The study will explore to decipher if difference(s) in patient's gender influence their perceptions and understanding of anesthesia-related risks, and if the difference will influence the future lines of communication involving either of the gender. This prospective study will be based on conversation model based interview designed to assess the nuances of gender- based differences in risk perception and information exchange during pre-anaesthetic consultations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06814236

Run by

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

People needed

100

Starts

2027-12-01

Expected to finish

2028-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-22

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Male and Female patients
• Posted for short-2-moderate duration surgery
• Willing to participate
• Education > Bachelors degree
• ASA -I \& II physical grade

You may not qualify if…

• Patients posted for major surgery
• Patients in for emergency surgery
• ASA III-IV physical grade.
• Patients refusing recording of the interview
• Those looking to their family members to decide upon whether to participate in study • Patients agreeing to recording of the interview but refusing the recorded interview to be evaluated

Where it is running

• Sir Ganga Ram Hospital — New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
• Sir Ganga Ram Hospital — New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

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