How do Patients, Nurses and Physicians Perceive Negative Postoperative Events?

Perception of Surgical Complications - Agreements Among Patients, Nurses and Physicians

The purpose of this study is to assess how patients, nurses and physicians perceive negative events following surgical procedures.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age: ≥ 18 years
• Capacity to act and no legal guardian
• Patients with any underlying disease admitted to the Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery of the University Hospital of Zurich with planned minor or major visceral surgery
• German language as daily language.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with cognitive difficulties and diseases, which may yield unreliable answers
• Patients unable to read and write