Scale to measure mouth and throat symptoms after general anesthesia

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This observational methodological study will create and validate a "Post-General Anesthesia Oral and Pharyngolaryngeal Symptoms Assessment Scale" by drafting items, performing expert language review, and measuring content validity using the Davis technique with multiple experts. Adult patients (18–65) who received general anesthesia, are conscious and can speak, will be recruited at Erciyes University to complete the draft scale. The process includes correcting wording, calculating content validity indices for each item, and conducting reliability analyses such as internal consistency and item analysis. The goal is a reliable, easy-to-use tool that captures sore throat, hoarseness, swallowing difficulty, and related pharyngolaryngeal symptoms after anesthesia.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients between the ages of 18-65
* Patients who have received general anesthesia
* Patients who are conscious
* Patients who can communicate verbally
* Patients who volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who received spinal-epidural or regional anesthesia
* Patients who have any discomfort in the oral-pharynx-larynx regions
* Patients who have undergone any surgical intervention in the oral-pharynx-larynx regions.

Where it's running

• Erciyes Universty
  Kayseri, Türkiye, Turkey (Türkiye) Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Fadime Ertural, Lecturer — Nuh Naci Yazgan University
• Study coordinator: Fadime Ertural, Lecturer
• Email: fertural@nny.edu.tr
• Phone: +905535904409

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.