Digital Videos Disc and Printed Guidelines and Improve the Knowledge of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization

October 31, 2012 updated by: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

  • printed,
  • digital video disc (DVD)
  • conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

  • guidelines printed, (GOI) with informative material
  • guidelines through a digital video disc (GDVD) six minutes
  • conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

150

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients undergoing the procedure were included, with age equal or superior to 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients who had already undergone previous procedures similar severe comorbidities, illiterate and who came to the facility to urgently

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
The control group received the guidelines orientation provide by nursing team
Experimental: Guidelines printed group
The patient received the informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers
Other: Printed, digital video disc
The three groups of patient received: 1)informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers; 2)informative provide by a digital video disc; 3)the control group received the conventional informative provide by the nursing team.
Experimental: Guidelines digital video disc group
Guidelines digital video disc group: The patient received the informative provide by digital video disc in details about the cardiac catheterization
Other: Printed, digital video disc
The three groups of patient received: 1)informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers; 2)informative provide by a digital video disc; 3)the control group received the conventional informative provide by the nursing team.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
improvement of knowledge about the procedure after orientation
Time Frame: four months
four months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Eneida R Rabelo da Silva, Professor, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 3, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 31, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

November 2, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 2, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 31, 2012

Last Verified

October 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UP 4250.08

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