Patients Who Underwent Surgical Procedures State of Readiness for Discharge

Patients Who Underwent Surgical Procedures State of Readiness for Discharge: Mixed Methods Research

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the readiness status of patients who are planned to be discharged after the surgical procedure.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgery; Patients; Discharge Readiness

Detailed Description

Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the readiness status of patients who are planned to be discharged after the surgical procedure.

Method: Explanatory sequential mixed design will be used in accordance with the purpose of the study. The purpose of the exploratory sequential design is to clarify the relationships obtained with the quantitative data by applying the qualitative step.

This pattern is applied in two stages. The first phase begins with the collection of quantitative data that will essentially answer the research question. In the second stage, qualitative data are collected and the collected data is interpreted to help explain the quantitative results.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 870

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Antalya, Turkey
    • Akdeniz University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

In the Turkish validity and reliability study, the minimum sample size for the 95% confidence interval was calculated as 1251 (t=1.96; d=0.1) by using the standard deviation value (σ=1.85) found for the Discharge Readiness Scale.

Considering that there would be missing or missing data, it was planned to take 10% more than the number of samples.

As a result, the number of samples was determined as 1376.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 18 years or older,
• Willingness and willingness to participate in the study,
• Having undergone a surgical procedure,
• Healing / discharge as it is,
• Not having difficulties in understanding
• Patients who do not feel ready for discharge according to quantitative data and also agree to participate in the qualitative study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Be under the age of 18,
• Being discharged without surgical procedure,
• Transfer to another department

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Other

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Readiness status of patients whose discharge is planned	Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale/Short Form	within 24 hours before discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Reasons why patients are not ready for discharge	semi-structured interview form	within 24 hours before discharge

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Akdeniz University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Fatma CEBECİ, Prof., Akdeniz University; Study Chair: Songül BİŞKİN ÇETİN, PhD., Akdeniz University; Study Chair: Arzu TAT ÇATAL, RN, Akdeniz University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 29, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): December 29, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 21, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): February 2, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: KAEK-959-2021

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No