Development of a Mobile Application and Determination of Its Effects

NCT06677476 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2023103
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

It has been determined that patients who have undergone heart surgery have a lack of knowledge about preoperative preparation and postoperative intensive care unit. In order to eliminate the lack of knowledge, patient education has gained importance in the preoperative period. At the same time, it is stated that nurses working in cardiovascular surgery intensive care units need continuous education to cope with the difficulties related to the increasing complexity of patient conditions and technology. With the advancement of technology, mobile applications have become an integral part of the continuous education of patients and nurses. This project was planned to evaluate the effect of the mobile application to be developed for patients who will undergo heart surgery on patient outcomes and the effect of the mobile application to be developed for nurses who provide patient care in intensive care units on the self-efficacy of nurses. In the first step of the project, the content of the mobile application will be developed, expert opinions will be obtained and the comprehensibility of patients and nurses will be tested. The software of the mobile application will be completed by shooting the necessary videos for the final content. In the second step of the project, the effect of the developed mobile application on anxiety, comfort and intensive care unit experiences in patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be examined. A randomized controlled experimental design will be used in this stage. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Early Postoperative Comfort Scale (EPQI), Intensive Care Experiences Scale will be used to collect data. Self-Efficacy Scale will be applied to nurses without randomization before and after using the mobile application. Data obtained in the study will be evaluated in a computer environment using SPSS data package program. In statistical decisions, p\<0.05 level will be accepted as a significant difference indicator.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Surgery; Mobile Application; Patient Education

Keywords

Intensive care nursing; Surgery Nursing; Nursing Care; Heart surgery; Mobile application development

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Patients' anxiety

  The State and Trait Anxiety scale can be scored between a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. As the score increases, the level of anxiety increases.

  As soon as you are admitted to the clinic and on the first day after the surgery

• blood pressure

  Blood pressure will be measured manually

  Immediately after admission to the clinic, after waking up in the intensive care unit and on the first day after surgery

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• comfort of patients

  1st day after surgery

Other Outcomes (1)

• satisfaction with mobile application

  after using the app (1st day after surgery)

Study Arms (1)

mobile application training group

EXPERIMENTAL

The group that will be trained by downloading the mobile application to their mobile phones

Other: mobile application training

Interventions

mobile application training OTHER

Researchers compiled literature information and used their expertise to create mobile application content. This content will be downloaded to mobile phones via mobile application software and participants will be trained.

mobile application training group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• for patients;
• having elective open heart surgery,
• being a volunteer,
• being 18 years of age or older,
• knowing Turkish,
• not having a mental disability that may prevent communication,
• not having hearing or vision problems,
• having the ability to use the mobile application.

You may not qualify if:

• having emergency surgery,
• having previously been treated in the ICU,
• wanting to leave the study at any stage of the project.
• for nurses;
• working in the cardiovascular surgery ICU,
• being a volunteer

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lokman Hekim University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Gulhane Medical Faculty

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Meltem Meriç, assoc prof

  Lokman Hekim University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Kaan Kaya, assoc prof

  Ankara Etlik City Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Training will be given on the mobile application to be downloaded to the mobile phone.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 25, 2024
• First Posted: November 6, 2024
• Study Start: October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2026
• Last Updated: November 6, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)