Investigation of the Effects of Discharge Education Strategies on Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities in Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery.

NCT ID: NCT07012681

Last Updated: 2025-06-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-15
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-09

Brief Summary

It was planned to provide education using verbal education or verbal and picture-text brochure method as a discharge education strategy for patients who underwent intracranial surgery. In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Detailed Description

In this study, it was planned to provide education to patients who underwent intracranial surgery by using verbal education or verbal and pictorial brochure methods as a discharge education strategy. The evaluation of the effect of this education, which includes content on skin wound care, nutrition, drainage, exercise, medication management and seizures, on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Conditions

Intracranial Surgery

Study Design

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

Study Groups

discharge education (oral education)

oral training group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

discharge education (oral education)

Intervention Type: OTHER

group receiving oral training in discharge training

discharge training (oral and written training)

The group that received oral and written brochure training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

discharge training (oral and written brochure)

Intervention Type: OTHER

The group that received oral and written brochure training during discharge training

Interventions

discharge training (oral and written brochure)

The group that received oral and written brochure training during discharge training

Intervention Type: OTHER

discharge education (oral education)

group receiving oral training in discharge training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Have undergone intracranial surgery
• Voluntarily agree to participate in the study
• Be between 18 and 75 years of age
• Be literate and speak Turkish
• Be open to communication and cooperation
• Be mentally healthy
• Have no visual, hearing, or speech impairments

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following:

• Refuse to participate in the study
• Are not native Turkish speakers
• Are illiterate
• Have visual, hearing, or speech impairments
• Have a diagnosed psychological disorder
• Have been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Bahçeşehir University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Hanife Damla Çaygör

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi

Istanbul, Sultangazi, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

Caygor/08.05.2025

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id