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Ventral Hernia Improvement of Treatment and Life
Sponsor: Line Marker
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial called the VITAL study is to learn if surgery has a positive impact on the quality of life in patients with incisional or parastomal hernia. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does surgery alleviate patients from their initial problem? Does new discomfort arise after surgery? Do the symptoms worsen, and does quality of life deteriorate in patients who are not offered surgery? The project will also look at time to surgery and postoperative complications. Researchers will send questionnaires to the patients to answer. Participants will: Answer the baseline questionnaire. Answer the follow-up questionnaires at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and 3 years after surgery or after the baseline questionnaire has been completed for those patients being managed conservatively with observation
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2025-01-01
Completion Date
2027-10-31
Last Updated
2025-03-21
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Quality of life questionnair
The questionnaire used is the Abdominal Hernia Q, which is specific to ventral hernias. Patients will receive the questionnaire at baseline and at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after ventral hernia repair. If treated conservatively, the questionnaire will be administered at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after completing the baseline questionnaire.
Locations (1)
Department of surgery, Zealand University Hospital
Køge, Denmark