The Effect of Perineal Care Education on Palliative Care Patient' Relatives

The Effect of Training on Perineal Care of Palliative Care Patients With Incontinence on the Knowledge Level of Relatives: A Randomized Controlled Study

The aim of this randomized controlled study, which includes pre-test and post-test, is to examine the perineum care education given to caregivers of patients with incontinence and being treated in a palliative care clinic.

The basic question it aims to answer is:

Does the perineum care training given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about perineum care?

Participants will participate in a training activity on perineum care. Researchers will compare whether perineum care training given to relatives of palliative care patients is effective compared to the routine service operation, by using lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Control group; Other: Training group

Detailed Description

A time period suitable for the clinic, patient and companion will be determined by making one-to-one interviews with the companions in the experimental and control groups. Care will be taken to make the applications outside of treatment, visit, care, meal and visitor hours. Accompanying attendants will be met at the specified time and information about the work will be given.

Participants in the control group will be given a Personal Information Form and a Perineum Care Knowledge Test as a pre-test and will be given sufficient time to complete them. The participants in the control group will not be interfered with by the researcher during the research. At the end of the same day, the Perineum Care Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a posttest to the control group. This group will only receive routine nursing training given in the hospital. In palliative care clinics, nurses provide information to patients and their families to help patients maintain their independence and control and make choices during their daily care. In addition, trainings are planned for the needs of the patient and his family. After the research process is completed, a handbook on perineal care will be distributed to the participants in the control group by the researcher.

The participants in the experimental group will be given a Personal Information Form and a Perineum Care Knowledge Test as a pre-test and will be given sufficient time to fill them out. Face-to-face and one-to-one perineal care training will be given to the participants in the experimental group. During the trainings, the presentation prepared in the power point program and the content of perineum care will be conveyed by the researcher in two 30-minute sessions using plain lecture, case study and question and answer techniques. These techniques used are considered to be effective methods in the education of patients and their relatives. Opinions were received from three field experts regarding the content validity of the content of perineal care (CGI: 1.00). The Perineum Care Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a posttest upon completion of the training.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 84
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD; Phone Number: +905441088353; Email: nuruzun53@gmail.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD; Phone Number: +905446004410; Email: hancertok@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Who agreed to participate in the study
• Hhose mother tongue is Turkish,
• 18 years old and over
• Able to read and write

Exclusion Criteria:

• Who refused to participate in the study
• Native language is not Turkish
• Illiterate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Training group; Face-to-face perineal care training will be given to the relatives of the patients in the training group in the determined common time period. During the trainings, the presentation prepared in the power point program and the content of perineum care will be conveyed by the researcher in two 30-minute sessions using plain lecture, case study and question and answer techniques.	Other: Training group; Face-to-face perineal care training
Active Comparator: Control group; The participants in the control group will not be interfered with by the researcher during the research.	Other: Control group; No intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Palliative care patient relatives' perineum care information: First test	"Perineum Care Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to an expert academician to ensure content validity. The Perineum Care Knowledge Test is a 3-likert-type questionnaire consisting of a total of 15 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. The minimum score to be obtained from the test is 0 and the maximum score is 15. A high score at the end of the evaluation indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about perineal care, while a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.	Just before training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perineal care information of palliative care patient relatives: Second test	"Perineum Care Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to an expert academician to ensure content validity. The Perineum Care Knowledge Test is a 3-likert-type questionnaire consisting of a total of 15 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. The minimum score to be obtained from the test is 0 and the maximum score is 15. A high score at the end of the evaluation indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about perineal care, while a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.	Immediately after training

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department; Principal Investigator: Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): August 15, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 15, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 24, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): July 25, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 1, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 29, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Palliative Care; Perineum Care; Caregiver Education
• Other Study ID Numbers: AIBU-HEM-UZUN-003

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: No IPD will be shared with other researchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

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