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A Study on the Effectiveness of WeChat-based Online Education to Reduce Perioperative Anxiety in Breast Cancer Patients

NCT ID: NCT05291494

Last Updated: 2022-08-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

392 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-02-01

Study Completion Date

2022-03-31

Brief Summary

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Patients who meet the enrollment criteria will be randomly assigned to the WeChat education group and the regular group. In addition to the regular preoperative visits, the WeChat education group will also watch science videos through WeChat before the surgical procedures. The regular group only received regular preoperative visits and education by ward nurses. The main observation indicator is the incidence of preoperative anxiety defined as the scores of State Anxiety Inventory more than 40 points.

Detailed Description

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Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the WeChat online education group or the regular group. Two researchers will conduct preoperative education, preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up respectively.The patients in WeChat group will be first assessed by a researcher on admission about anxiety and sleep (base on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale and the sleep quality scale (SQS)). Once the assessment completed, the patients are required to follow the WeChat public platform to watch the education videos when they are free. The content of the videos is jointly decided by the breast surgeon, anesthetists, and ward nurse including the overall prognosis, surgical approach, postoperative rehabilitation exercises, preparation for anesthesia, anesthesia approach and possible effects of anesthesia, which covers all aspects of surgery, anesthesia, and perioperative care. The videos are presented in an easy-to-understand pattern to ensure participants of all ages and levels of education comfortably understand the content. Participants can simply click on the video dialogue box in the public platform for playback and watch it unconditionally.Patients in regular group will be also assessed by the same researcher on admission for anxiety and sleep (base on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale; sleep quality scale (SQS) scale). Upon completion of the assessment, they received oral instruction from the ward nurse covering the same contents as above instead of the education video.

Conditions

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Breast Cancer Female

Keywords

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periperative anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The experimental group will watch science videos through WeChat and regular preoperative visits before the surgical procedures. The regular group only received regular preoperative visits and education by ward nurses.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors
The participants, the anesthesiologist, data collectors, the physicians performing the follow-up, and data analysts will be blinded to the group allocation. Blinding will maintain until the completion of the final analyses.

Study Groups

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WeChat group

The patients in this group will be first assessed by a researcher on admission about anxiety and sleep (base on the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale and the sleep quality scale (SQS)). Once the assessment completed, the patients are required to follow the WeChat public platform to watch the education videos when they are free. The content of the videos covers all aspects of surgery, anesthesia, and perioperative care. The videos are presented in an easy-to-understand pattern to ensure participants of all ages and levels of education comfortably understand the content.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

follow the WeChat public platform to watch the education videos

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In addition to the regular preoperative visits, the WeChat education group will watch science videos through WeChat before the surgical procedures.

Regular group

Patients in this group were also assessed by the same researcher on admission for anxiety and sleep (base on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) scale; sleep quality scale (SQS) scale). Upon completion of the assessment, they received oral instruction from the ward nurse covering the same contents as above instead of the education video.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

regular preoperative visits and education by ward nurses.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

received oral instruction from the ward nurse covering the same contents as above instead of the education video.

Interventions

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follow the WeChat public platform to watch the education videos

In addition to the regular preoperative visits, the WeChat education group will watch science videos through WeChat before the surgical procedures.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

regular preoperative visits and education by ward nurses.

received oral instruction from the ward nurse covering the same contents as above instead of the education video.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* female patients scheduled for elective breast cancer resection;
* aged 18 to 80 years,;
* American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III.

Exclusion Criteria

* patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer combined with malignant tumors of other organs (such as lung, kidney, intestine, etc.);
* patients with tumor recurrence after reoperation;
* patients failing to cooperate with the study for any reason, such as communication disorders.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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West China Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Chunling Jiang

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Chunling Jiang, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

West China Hospital

Locations

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West China Hospital

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Xiao X, Zuo YD, Kuang SY, Liu CY, Kun-Shao, Wang H, Yan SY, Yu F, Xu Y, Zhou L, Jiang CL. Effectiveness of WeChat-assisted preoperative education to reduce perioperative anxiety in breast cancer patients: a prospective randomized controlled study protocol. Trials. 2024 Apr 3;25(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08071-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38570855 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2020-1138

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id