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Effect of Informing Family Members of Patients During Surgery

NCT ID: NCT06723600

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

104 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-06-10

Study Completion Date

2025-05-10

Brief Summary

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Psychological and physiological issues encountered by family members due to the intraoperative process are factors that complicate the support and care systems of the patient. It is stated that family members of patients undergoing surgery, especially those who do not have sufficient information about the surgical process, experience stress, anxiety, and concern. The need for nursing interventions aimed at providing information about the surgical process, reducing the anxiety levels of family members during the surgery, and supporting them is emphasized. In this context, the study aims to evaluate the effect of periodically informing family members of patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery via phone during the surgery on their anxiety levels.

Detailed Description

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Once the patient scheduled for surgery is taken to the operating room, communication between the family members and the surgical team, as well as the patient, is cut off. Family members who do not have any information about the progress of the surgery experience anxiety during the waiting period. High levels of anxiety can limit the family members' ability to understand and process information, affecting their ability to cope with the situation. The high anxiety experienced by family members during the surgery can reflect onto the patient postoperatively, potentially negatively impacting the patient's adaptation, recovery process, and family relations. It is known that family members of patients undergoing cancer surgery experience a higher level of anxiety. The anxiety emerging during this process leads to various physiological and psychological negative consequences for the family members. It is known that informing family members by nurses during surgery helps reduce their anxiety. In this direction, the primary aim of the study is to determine the effect of periodically informing family members of patients undergoing abdominal cancer surgery via phone during the surgery on their anxiety levels. Additionally, the study will evaluate the satisfaction levels of the participants.

Conditions

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Anxiety

Keywords

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Anxiety Informing Relatives of the Patient Phone Call Satisfaction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental Group

The experimental group relatives of patients will be informed by the nurse during surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Information

Intervention Type OTHER

Nurse-led family member information

Control Group

The control group will take rutin informing.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Information

Nurse-led family member information

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Being a first-degree relative who has given consent,
* Being able to understand and speak Turkish,
* Being literate,
* Willing to participate in the study,
* Using a phone,
* Being present in the hospital before, during, and after the surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

* Having a hearing or speech impairment,
* Having a psychiatric disorder or using psychiatric medication.

Endpoint Criteria:

* Inability to reach the participant when called during the surgery,
* The patient's death during the surgery.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Karadeniz Technical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bahar CANDAS ALTINBAS

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bahar Candas Altinbas

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karadeniz Technical University

Locations

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Karadeniz Technical University

Trabzon, Milli Egemenlik, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

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Bahar Candas Altinbas, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +90 545 912 5343

Email: [email protected]

Zeynep Cayirezmez

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +90 5418911775

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Bahar Candas Altinbas, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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Nurse_Anxiety

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id