The Effects Of Discharge Education Program On Recovery And Quality Of Life After Cardiac Surgery
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
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.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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N/A |
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 Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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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
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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
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Recovery status after cardiac surgery [12 weeks]
Recovery -40 Questionnaire mesure recovery status before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge
- Quality of Life after cardiac surgery [12 weeks]
Multidimensional Index of Life Quality questionnaire to mesure QoL before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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To agree to participate in the research,
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Open heart surgery patients
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Being 18 years or older,
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Being able to read, write, understand and communicate in Turkish,
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No vision, hearing and perception problems,
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Being conscious, oriented, cooperative and open to communication.
Exclusion Criteria:
• Having surgery other than open heart surgery
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Istanbul Univesity-Cerrahpasa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing | Istanbul | Şişli | Turkey | 34000 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)
Investigators
- Study Chair: Ayfer Özbaş, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Eva Kajti