The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Education on the Knowledge Level of the Relatives of the Patients

NCT05979402 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: AIBU-HEM-UZUN-004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 70
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial, which included pretest and posttest, was to examine the effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention and care education given to caregivers of patients treated in a palliative care clinic. The key questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the routine clinical training given in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the knowledge level of patients' relatives about pressure ulcers?
• Does the pressure ulcer education given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about pressure ulcers? Participants will participate in an educational activity on pressure ulcers. Researchers will compare whether pressure ulcer training given to palliative care patient relatives is effective compared to routine service training with lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Pressure Ulcer; Caregiver Education; Palliative Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pressure ulcer information of palliative care patients' relatives: First test

  "Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to three expert academicians to ensure content validity. Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test is a 3-point Likert-type questionnaire consisting of 17 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. Five of the questions in the test were designed to be scored reversely and 12 of them were scored straight. The score to be taken from the test is between 0-17. A high score indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about pressure ulcers, and a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.

  Just before training

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pressure ulcer information of palliative care patients' relatives: Second test

  Immediately after training

Study Arms (2)

Training group

EXPERIMENTAL

Face-to-face pressure ulcer training will be given to the relatives of the patients in the training group in the determined common time period. The presentation and pressure ulcer content prepared during the trainings will be conveyed by the researcher in two 30-minute sessions using lectures, example events and question-answer techniques.

Other: Training group Face-to-face pressure ulcer training

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants in the control group will not be interfered with by the researcher during the research. They will receive routine in-clinic training given by nurses.

Other: Control group

Interventions

Training group Face-to-face pressure ulcer training OTHER

Face-to-face presure ulcer training

Training group

Control group OTHER

No intervention

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Those who agree to participate in the study
• Native Turkish,
• years and over
• Able to read and write

You may not qualify if:

• Who refused to participate in the study
• Native language is not Turkish
• Illiterate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Abant Izzet Baysal University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Hancer Tok H, Uzun LN. Pressure ulcer prevention: family caregiver training effectiveness. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2024 Dec 25;15(1):72-78. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2023-004711.

  PMID: 38253489 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pressure Ulcer

Interventions

Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Skin Ulcer; Skin Diseases; Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Officials

• Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD

  Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD

  Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Nursing Department

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Lütfiye Nur Uzun, PhD

CONTACT

+905441088353; nuruzun53@gmail.com

Hümeyra Hançer Tok, PhD

CONTACT

+905446004410; hancertok@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Outcome evaluations will be conducted by a researcher blinded to group allocation.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Model Details: This study is a randomized controlled study with experimental and control groups consisting of pre-test and post-test

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2023
• First Posted: August 7, 2023
• Study Start: August 10, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2023
• Study Completion: September 30, 2023
• Last Updated: August 7, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share