Effect of Web-Based Training With Thyroidectomy Patients

NCT04082845 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Nurse_thyro01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the effect of an internet website, created by the nurse for the purpose of internet-based training related to perioperative period, on the anxiety and postoperative recovery measures (length of hospitalization, first oral feeding time, first mobilization time, first defecation time, first gas release, pain, nausea, vomiting, re-admission) of thyroidectomy patients. For this, while the experimental group will educate via the internet, the control group will take rutin care.

Conditions

Thyroidectomy; Education; General Surgery; Patient

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• Concentration of patient anxiety

  Self reported anxiety intensity during surgical process that includes on the day of surgery and one week after surgery. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory will be used to evaluate the anxiety. The higher the score is the more anxiety.

  9 days

• Rate of length of hospitalization

  It means that how long did the patients stay at the hospital during surgery? This measure record via questionnaire as day. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  2 days

• Rate of first feeding time after surgery

  It is described that how many hours after surgery did the patients eat first? This measure record via questionnaire as day. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  2 days

• Rate of first mobilization time after surgery

  How many hours after surgery did the patients walk first? This measure record via questionnaire as day. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  2 days

• Rate of first defecation time after surgery

  How many hours after surgery did the patients deface first? This measure record via questionnaire as day. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  2 days

• Rate of first gas release time after surgery

  How many hours after surgery did the patients release gas first? This measure record via questionnaire as day. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups

  2 days

• Concentration of pain after surgery

  It means that what is the severity of the pain that the patients had in 24 hours after surgery. It evaluated with Visual Analog Scale. The most common style used in pain measurement uses a horizontal line measuring exactly 10 cm. The patient is asked to make a mark on this line (from 0 to 10), then the line is measured and recorded in millimeters or centimeters. The higher the score is the more severe the pain. The severity of the pain compared between groups as average

  2 days

• Concentration of nausea after surgery

  It is the severity of the nausea that the patients had in 24 hours after surgery. It evaluated with Visual Analog Scale. The patient is asked to make a mark on the line (from 0 to 10), then the line is measured and recorded in millimeters or centimeters. The higher the score is the more severe the nausea. The severity of the nausea compared between groups as average

  2 days

• Rate of vomiting after surgery until the discharge

  It means that how many times did patients vomit until the discharge. It evaluated as number via questionnaire. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  2 days

• Number of Participants with re-admission after discharge

  It shows that how many patients are re-admitted to the hospital in one week after discharge It evaluated as number via questionnaire. The minimum, maximum, median, 25th and 75th quartile were evaluated for each group and compared between the groups.

  9 days

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The experimental group will be educated via a website that was created by the researchers.

Other: Education

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group will take rutin patient care.

Interventions

Education OTHER

Web-based patient education

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• older than 18 years and old,
• had planned surgery,
• speaks and understands Turkish,
• are literate,
• learned to have surgery at least one day before surgery,
• had first thyroidectomy,
• had total bilateral thyroidectomy,
• had internet connection at home or phone and
• had computer tablet or smartphone.

You may not qualify if:

• are mentally handicapped,
• are visual, hearing and speech impaired and
• had psychiatric illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karadeniz Technical University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Bahar Candas Altinbas

Trabzon, 61800, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Bahar Candas Altınbas, PhD

  Karadeniz Technical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Parallel Assessment

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 30, 2019
• First Posted: September 9, 2019
• Study Start: September 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 29, 2019
• Study Completion: May 30, 2019
• Last Updated: September 10, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)