The Anxiety of Parents of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

NCT01492452 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UP4555/10
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial. The population consisted of parents of children undergoing cardiac surgery from December 2010 to April 2011. We included parents aged over 18 years, and the following were considered exclusion criteria: inability to understand and/or answer the questions for any reason, parents of children undergoing surgery for insertion of the pacemaker and defibrillator, surgical death and not take up the case. 22 parents in the intervention group were randomized and received standardized guidelines for nursing and 22 parents participated in the control group received the guidelines and routine of the institution. Anxiety was assessed using the STAI State-Trait Inventory in the preoperative period and 48 hours after surgery the child.

Conditions

Anxiety

Keywords

guidelines for nursing; anxiety; cardiac surgery; pediatrics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• anxiety inventory

  STAI State-Trait Inventory

  five months

Study Arms (1)

guidelines

NO INTERVENTION

22 parents in the intervention group were randomized and received standardized guidelines for nursing:The guidelines took around an hour and involved pre-operative care such as bathing with detergent solution, pre-anesthetic administration (as prescribed), preoperative fasting (as prescribed), clothing, hygiene care and nail oral. They were also provided information on the endotracheal tube, tubes, catheters, epicardial pacemaker wires and electrodes to be used in the perioperative period and which remain for some period after surgery, as well as possible complications.

Other: standardized guidelines for nursing

Interventions

standardized guidelines for nursing OTHER

Information was provided regarding the preoperative preparation of the child, the same conditions and in the postoperative period, as well as information relating to housing and food for the parents. The conventional orientation took about 15 minutes.

Also known as: parents aged over 18 years

guidelines

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• We included parents aged over 18 years

You may not qualify if:

• inability to understand and/or answer the questions for any reason,
• parents of children undergoing surgery for insertion of the pacemaker and defibrillator,
• surgical death and not take up the case

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Nursing

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Professional Practice; Organization and Administration; Health Services Administration

Study Officials

• M A Moraes, Phd

  Institute of Cardiology

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2011
• First Posted: December 15, 2011
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2011
• Study Completion: May 1, 2011
• Last Updated: December 15, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-12