Effect of a Constructivist Educational Program on Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units

NCT ID: NCT07102407

Last Updated: 2025-08-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 51 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-08-15
• Study Completion Date: 2026-02-18

Brief Summary

This study is designed to investigate the impact of a constructivist education program on nurses and cleaning personnel regarding the preventive care bundle for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit.

Detailed Description

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the types of healthcare-associated infections seen in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation. VAP is defined as a nosocomial lower respiratory tract infection that begins 48 hours or more after the initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation in intubated patients. VAP leads to increased mortality and morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, and economic and psychological costs. Prevention of VAP has primarily been achieved through the "package approach," which involves the simultaneous implementation of various preventive strategies for all patients. Therefore, it is important to conduct educational programs for healthcare personnel to reduce the incidence of VAP. Learning in constructivist education is based on establishing connections between existing and new knowledge and integrating each new piece of information into existing knowledge. While constructivist education and routine training are provided to the staff of one of the two adult intensive care units included in this study, only routine training is offered to the staff of the other. VAP data in intensive care units with constructivist education and routine training will be compared. Constructivist education will be provided to intensive care nursing and cleaning staff in small groups and over a total period of one month. The data from both intensive care units will be examined comparatively within six months after the completion of the constructivist training.

After the implementation of the constructivist education, all patients in the ICU will be included in the study.

Conditions

Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

ICU with trained staff

The intensive care unit where nurses and cleaning staff will receive a routine VAP prevention program and constructive training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Contructivist

Intervention Type: OTHER

Implementation of constructivist training on VAP in small groups

Routine training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Implementation of routine training on VAP in large groups

ICU with non-trained staff

The Intensive care unit, where nurses and cleaning staff will receive only routine training for the prevention of VAP

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Routine training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Implementation of routine training on VAP in large groups

Interventions

Contructivist

Implementation of constructivist training on VAP in small groups

Intervention Type: OTHER

Routine training

Implementation of routine training on VAP in large groups

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Constructivist Educational Program about VAP; Routine training about preventing VAP

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age > 18 years
• patients receiving mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

• A clinical diagnosis of pneumonia at the time of admission

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

Sponsors

Karaman Training and Research Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Saliha Yarımoglu, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Karaman Training and Research Hospital

Locations

Karaman Training and Research Hospital

Karaman, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Central Contacts

Saliha Yarımoglu

Role: CONTACT

drsalihay@gmail.com

05301192987

Rafet Yarımoglu

Role: CONTACT

drrafety@gmail.com

+903382263314

Facility Contacts

Saliha YARIMOGLU, MD

Role: primary

drsalihay@gmail.com

+903382263314 ext. 3314

Rafet YARIMOGLU, MD

Role: backup

drrafety@gmail.com

+903382263314 ext. 3314

Other Identifiers

05- 2024/05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id