Clinical Trial: Informing Patients About Their Surgery's Environmental Impact: an Effective Pathway to Sustainable Healthcare?

U.S., April 2 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07505238) titled 'Informing Patients About Their Surgery's Environmental Impact: an Effective Pathway to Sustainable Healthcare?' on March 20.

Brief Summary: The healthcare sector contributes significantly to climate change. Reducing the number of patients receiving resource-intensive procedures such as surgery can lower carbon emissions, particularly when two treatments with comparable clinical outcomes are available. Nevertheless, the impact of incorporating environmental considerations into patients' decision-making processes remains underexplored. The investigators examine how including information about the environmental impact of treatment opti...