The Effects Of Discharge Education Program On Recovery And Quality Of Life After Cardiac Surgery

November 21, 2022 updated by: Eva Kajti, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
This study aims to build a new discharge education, booklet and mobile application based, and assess it's efffects on recovery and quality of life in cardiac surgery patients. This is a randomised control trial. 12 weeks follow up will be done by phone calls.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Patients following cardiac surgery will be part of the study. Patients will be randomized in control and case groups. Control group receive standart discharge eduation from the nurses of the hospital, they will be interviewed by the researcher to gather general information and also information about recovery and quality of life. Case group will be given a discharge education by the researcher before discharge. After education patients will be given a booklet and a mobile application with the neccasary discharge information. Both groups will be followed for 12 weeks by monthly phone calls. In the last call recovery and quality of life will be reassesed.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

64

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Turkey
    • Şişli
      • Istanbul, Şişli, Turkey, 34000
        • Recruiting
        • Istanbul Univesity-Cerrahpasa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing
        • Contact:
          • Eva Kajti

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:

  • To agree to participate in the research,
  • Open heart surgery patients
  • Being 18 years or older,
  • Being able to read, write, understand and communicate in Turkish,
  • No vision, hearing and perception problems,
  • Being conscious, oriented, cooperative and open to communication.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having surgery other than open heart surgery

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

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: case group
Recieving additional discharge education by the researcher and supported by a booklet and mobile app
Other: Discharge education
Researcher's newly prepared discharge education supported by a booklet and mobile app
Active Comparator: control group
Recieving standart hoapital discharge education
Other: Discharge education
Researcher's newly prepared discharge education supported by a booklet and mobile app

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recovery status after cardiac surgery
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Recovery -40 Questionnaire mesure recovery status before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge
12 weeks
Quality of Life after cardiac surgery
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Multidimensional Index of Life Quality questionnaire to mesure QoL before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Ayfer Özbaş, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 18, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 21, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

November 30, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 30, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 21, 2022

Last Verified

November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Eva Kajti

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

Research data will be given statistically without sharing IPD

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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