Impact of an Operating Room Nurse Pre-operative Dialogue in Patients Undergoing Major Visceral Surgery

Impact of an Operating Room Nurse Pre-operative Dialogue on Anxiety, Satisfaction and Early Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Major Visceral Surgery - a Single Center, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial

Single-center, open label, randomized controlled trial of a preoperative nursing dialogue in patient undergoing major visceral surgery aiming in evaluating its impact on patients' anxiety, satisfaction and early postoperative outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient undergoing elective major visceral surgery
• Hospitalization the day before surgery
• Sufficient command of French language

Exclusion Criteria:

• emergency procedures (after unplanned admission)
• inability to obtain informed consent or refusal
• inability to follow intervention