The Application of the Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory in Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis

The present study evaluates the effect of nursing care based on the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory on the knowledge and skills related to self-care among adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cystic Fibrosis; Adolescence; Self-care
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Supportive-Educative Nursing Care

Detailed Description

This study included 30 adolescents who were equally divided into the intervention and control groups. The data were collected by using the Sociodemographic Data Form and the Self-Care Knowledge and Skills Evaluation Forms for Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis. A total of seven home visits were conducted with the adolescents in the intervention group, during which individualized care plans were applied based on the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory. The self-care needs of the adolescents in the control group were identified based on data collected during two home visits conducted at the onset of the study and after 4.5 months.

As a result of the application of nursing interventions based on the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, a statistically significant increase was noted in the self-care knowledge and skills of the adolescents in the intervention group (p<0.05). Additionally, nursing interventions and nursing diagnosis decreased significantly over time in all adolescents in the intervention group (p<0.05).

Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory was useful in enhancing the self-care knowledge and skills of adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 30
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey, 06100
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis determined by a positive sweat test and/or the presence of two Cystic Fibrosis mutations,
• Aged between 12 and 18 years
• Living in the same Ankara

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adolescents with mental health issues
• Adolescents with an atypical form of Cystic Fibrosis (characterized by an absence of symptoms and no medication requirement)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group; Adolescents in the control group received no intervention by the researcher.
Experimental: Nursing Care; Seven home visit was made to adolescent in the intervention group. In the first and last visits only self-care knowledge and skills of adolescents were evaluated. In the 2.,3.,4.,5. and 6. home visits they received supportive-educational individualised nursing care based on Orem's Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory. The applied nursing interventions varied based on the individual needs and the level of assistance required by each adolescent. Each home visit lasted 30-60 minutes. Adolescents were given an educational booklet containing information about self-care in cystic fibrosis.	Other: Supportive-Educative Nursing Care; Adolescents in the intervention group were received Supportive-Educative Nursing Care based on Orem's Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The change in self care knowledge and skills of adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis	The change in self-care knowledge and skills of adolescents at the end of the research after the applied nursing interventions.	18 weeks(4.5 months) after first enrollment of patient.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hacettepe University
• Investigators: Study Director: Hicran Çavuşoğlu, Professor, Head of Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Turkey; Study Director: Deniz Doğru, Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Turkey; Principal Investigator: Tuğçe TORUN, PhD, Pediatric Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 14, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 29, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 29, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): November 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 2, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 1, 2023
• Last Verified: November 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cystic Fibrosis; Adolescence; Self-care
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Digestive System Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Pancreatic Diseases; Fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis
• Other Study ID Numbers: HACETTEPEU-TUGCETORUN-001

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