Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery

NCT06531928 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024-BCEK/61
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of the anxiety may be related to fear and anxiety about the pain caused by the upcoming chest tube removal procedure, or it may be the words they have heard from other patients who have had this experience before. There are a limited number of studies in the literature on anxiety that may occur in patients due to chest tube withdrawal. In addition, studies in the literature did not focus on whether there was a difference between pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anxiety levels before and after the procedure and the pain levels felt in the patients due to the procedure due to chest tube withdrawal in patients who underwent VATS. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. If a correlation is detected, the importance of pre-procedural anxiety management will be better understood, the necessity of interventions such as psychological and pharmacological treatment for anxiety will come to the fore, and new research on this subject will be needed.

Conditions

Chest Tube Withdrawal; Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Keywords

Chest tube withdrawal; Pain; Anxiety; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery; VATS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• visual analog scale -Anxiety

  Investigation of pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels due to chest tube removal in patients undergoing VATS and pain felt by patients due to the procedure. The VAS-anxiety is a segmented numerical version of the visual analog scale (VAS), in which the respondent chooses an integer (0-100 mm) that best reflects the intensity of his anxiety. It is considered a one-dimensional measure of anxiety intensity in adults. It ranges from "0 mm" representing no anxiety to "100 mm" representing extreme anxiety.

  24 hours

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• visual analog scale-Pain

  24 hours

Interventions

chest tube withdrawal OTHER

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels in Thoracic Surgery Cases Performed with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Patients between the ages of 18-65, those with a BMI between 18-35 kg/m2, patients who have undergone VATS, patients who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery, patients who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy) will be included in the study.

You may qualify if:

• The ages of 18-65
• BMI between 18-35 kg/m2
• Who have undergone VATS
• Who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery
• who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy)

You may not qualify if:

• Who have undergone surgery under emergency conditions,
• Who have undergone thoracotomy, decortication, pleural biopsy,
• Who constantly use anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs,
• Patients with preoperative chronic pain,
• Who have undergone thoracic surgery before,
• Patients with a history of chest tube insertion and for any reason after surgery (prolonged air leakage),
• Patients whose chest tube has not been removed for more than 7 days,
• Who have undergone pleurodesis
• Patients with psychiatric diagnoses or who use psychiatric drugs
• Who are illiterate will be excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, Keçiören, 06290, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain; Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Ramazan Baldemir, Specialist

CONTACT

+905303570166; baldemir23@yahoo.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Proffessor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2024
• First Posted: August 1, 2024
• Study Start: August 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2025
• Study Completion: July 30, 2025
• Last Updated: January 9, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)