The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Education on the Knowledge Level of the Relatives of the Patients

NCT ID: NCT05979402

Last Updated: 2023-08-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 70 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-08-10
• Study Completion Date: 2023-09-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial, which included pretest and posttest, was to examine the effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention and care education given to caregivers of patients treated in a palliative care clinic.

The key questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the routine clinical training given in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the knowledge level of patients' relatives about pressure ulcers?
• Does the pressure ulcer education given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about pressure ulcers?

Participants will participate in an educational activity on pressure ulcers. Researchers will compare whether pressure ulcer training given to palliative care patient relatives is effective compared to routine service training with lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

Detailed Description

One-to-one interviews will be conducted with the relatives of the patients in the experimental and control groups, and the appropriate time frame for the clinical operation will be determined. Participants will be informed about the study at the time determined jointly with the companions and at the appropriate place for the clinic.

Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the control group. The participants in the control group will not receive any educational intervention by the researcher until the day of discharge. This group will receive routine clinical training given only in the hospital. Training of patients and their relatives in clinics continues with the principle of "Do-Watch-Check". This is how nurses conduct their routine clinical training. The Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a post-test to the control group on the day of the patients' discharge.

Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the experimental group. In addition to the training given to the participants in the experimental group with the routine "Do-Watch-Check" principle in the clinic, face-to-face pressure ulcer training will be given by the researchers on the day of discharge. The presentation about the pressure ulcer will be given by the researchers in two periods of 30 min + 30 minutes using lectures, case studies and question-answer techniques. Opinions were received from three field experts regarding the validity of the training content of the pressure ulcer topic (CGI: 1.00). The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a final test on the day of discharge after completion of training.

Conditions

Healthy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Training group

Face-to-face pressure ulcer training will be given to the relatives of the patients in the training group in the determined common time period. The presentation and pressure ulcer content prepared during the trainings will be conveyed by the researcher in two 30-minute sessions using lectures, example events and question-answer techniques.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Training group Face-to-face pressure ulcer training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Face-to-face presure ulcer training

Control group

Participants in the control group will not be interfered with by the researcher during the research. They will receive routine in-clinic training given by nurses.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control group

Intervention Type: OTHER

No intervention

Interventions

Training group Face-to-face pressure ulcer training

Face-to-face presure ulcer training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Control group

No intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Those who agree to participate in the study
• Native Turkish,
• 18 years and over
• Able to read and write

Exclusion Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Abant Izzet Baysal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lutfiye Nur Uzun

PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department

Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department

Central Contacts

Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD

Role: CONTACT

nuruzun53@gmail.com

+905441088353

Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD

Role: CONTACT

hancertok@gmail.com

+905446004410

References

Hancer Tok H, Uzun LN. Pressure ulcer prevention: family caregiver training effectiveness. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024 Dec 25;15(1):72-78. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2023-004711.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 38253489 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

AIBU-HEM-UZUN-004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id