Uncontrolled Disinformation About Regional Anesthesia and Pregnant Patients.

February 6, 2023 updated by: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Uncontrolled Disinformation About Regional Anesthesia From Social Media, and the Effect on the Pregnant Patients Decisions.

Nowadays, hundreds of information about regional anesthesia are accessed from any internet search engine when a question is written about the methods of anesthesia that can be applied during C/S. This information may have positive or negative effects on the patient, as well as include uncontrolled, unsupervised comments, articles and images. Our aim is primarily to evaluate whether our patients are exchanging information via social media or the internet and the effects of these shares on their concerns.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Social media has become a place to receive and share information today, especially for women of childbearing age. according to a study published in 2019, 78% of social media users are women and 80% of them are in the 18-40 age range. Again, studies have shown that women often use a large number of alternative platforms to receive or share information about pregnancy and parenting.

It has been shown that there are 3 different reasons why patients follow medical content on social media. Behaviorally, patients can be self-healing with the information they receive; cognitively, the search for information about their own condition and the desire to understand their condition is the desire to be able to share common feelings with other people who are in the same situation emotionally.

Anxiety develops in the preoperative period in 21-25% of cesarean section patients. This anxiety response can cause premature and low birth weight baby birth by vasoconstricting the uterine artery through the autonomic central nervous system.

It is common for pregnant women who already have concerns before the cesarean section that will take place to look for information about both the surgery and the anesthesia method that will be applied. Studies including patients who were watched preoperative anesthesia videos about the anesthesia technique, has showed low anxiety levels. However, this videos were custom made videos by the organizations such as hospitals, universities.

Nowadays, hundreds of information about regional anesthesia are accessed from any internet search engine when a question is written about the methods of anesthesia that can be applied during C/S. This information may have positive or negative effects on the patient, as well as include uncontrolled, unsupervised comments, articles and images. Our aim is primarily to evaluate whether our patients are exchanging information via social media or the internet and the effects of these shares on their concerns

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

250

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Turkey
      • Ankara, Turkey, 06800
        • Ankara City Hospital
    • Type A Choice Below ...
      • Ankara, Type A Choice Below ..., Turkey, 06810
        • Aygün Güler

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

16 years to 45 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

caesarian section ASA I-II, who speaks and writes Turkish patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ASA I-II, who speaks and writes Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

  • psychiatric illness

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
pregnant patients
Behavioral: social media
ASA I-II, who speaks and writes Turkish and do not have psychiatric illness patients will attend the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
social media effect on the anesthesia choice
Time Frame: were performed before the operation when the patient hospitalized.
the effect of the uncontrolled disinformation on the patients decision of the anesthesia
were performed before the operation when the patient hospitalized.
social media and patient anxiety about anesthesia and surgery
Time Frame: before the operation when the patient hospitalized.
anxiety will be measured
before the operation when the patient hospitalized.

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Investigators

  • Study Chair: namık nebi ozcan, Ankara City Hospital Bilkent

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2022

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

November 1, 2023

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

November 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 9, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2022

First Posted (ACTUAL)

June 13, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 8, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2023

Last Verified

February 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • E1-21-1739

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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