Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06531928

Last Updated: 2025-01-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-08-15

Study Completion Date

2025-07-30

Brief Summary

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Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of the anxiety may be related to fear and anxiety about the pain caused by the upcoming chest tube removal procedure, or it may be the words they have heard from other patients who have had this experience before. There are a limited number of studies in the literature on anxiety that may occur in patients due to chest tube withdrawal. In addition, studies in the literature did not focus on whether there was a difference between pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anxiety levels before and after the procedure and the pain levels felt in the patients due to the procedure due to chest tube withdrawal in patients who underwent VATS. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. If a correlation is detected, the importance of pre-procedural anxiety management will be better understood, the necessity of interventions such as psychological and pharmacological treatment for anxiety will come to the fore, and new research on this subject will be needed.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chest Tube Withdrawal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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chest tube withdrawal

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels in Thoracic Surgery Cases Performed with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The ages of 18-65
* BMI between 18-35 kg/m2
* Who have undergone VATS
* Who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery
* who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy)

Exclusion Criteria

* Who have undergone surgery under emergency conditions,
* Who have undergone thoracotomy, decortication, pleural biopsy,
* Who constantly use anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs,
* Patients with preoperative chronic pain,
* Who have undergone thoracic surgery before,
* Patients with a history of chest tube insertion and for any reason after surgery (prolonged air leakage),
* Patients whose chest tube has not been removed for more than 7 days,
* Who have undergone pleurodesis
* Patients with psychiatric diagnoses or who use psychiatric drugs
* Who are illiterate will be excluded from the study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ramazan Baldemir

Associate Proffessor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, Keçiören, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Ramazan Baldemir, Specialist

Role: CONTACT

+905303570166

Facility Contacts

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Ramazan Baldemir, Specialist

Role: primary

+905303570166

Other Identifiers

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2024-BCEK/61

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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