The Effect of Using a Motivation Card on Pain and Number of Walking Steps After Prostate Surgery

NCT06699563 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2023/442
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this clinical study is to evaluate the effect of using motivational cards on pain and step counts in patients who underwent open prostate surgery due to benign prostatic hyperplasia.The main hypotheses are: H1: Patients who use motivation cards during mobilization after open prostate surgery have lower pain levels than those who do not. H2: Patients who used motivation cards for mobilization after open prostate surgery had a higher number of steps than those who did not use them. After the surgery, patients were asked to walk with a pedometer. A mobilization motivation card was used in the study group.

Conditions

Prostatic Hyperplasia

Keywords

Walking; Pain; Motivation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of steps after surgery

  Before mobilization, the number of steps taken will be tracked via a pedometer placed on the patient's waist, and after mobilization, the pedometer will be taken back from the patient. The number of steps taken will be recorded by the nurse.

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pain before and after mobilization

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Experimental: Experimental (with Card)

EXPERIMENTAL

In this procedure, patients used a pedometer and mobilization motivation card during their mobilization on the first postoperative day.

Behavioral: Mobilization Motivation Card

No Intervention: Standard (No Card)

NO INTERVENTION

In this procedure, patients used a pedometer during their mobilization on the first postoperative day. They did not use a mobilization motivation card.

Interventions

Mobilization Motivation Card BEHAVIORAL

On the morning of the surgery, the Mobilization Motivation Card and Pedometer will be introduced and the patient will be informed. On the morning of the first postoperative day, before the patient's first mobilization, pain assessment will be made with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and the Mobilization Motivation Card will be hung at the bedside during the day and will help increase the patient's participation in mobilization. Later, after a pedometer is attached to the patient's waist, the patient will be mobilized.

Experimental: Experimental (with Card)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Hospitalized in the ENT-Urology Clinic
• Those aged 18 and over
• Those who will undergo elective surgery
• Volunteer to participate in the study
• Post-surgical follow-up will be done in the service.
• Those who will undergo general anesthesia
• No mental problems
• Patients who had no vision, hearing or speech problems were included.

You may not qualify if:

• Those who will undergo emergency and unplanned surgical intervention
• Laparoscopic surgery was performed
• Taken to the intensive care unit after surgery
• Those who will not undergo general anesthesia
• Having mental problems
• Patients with vision, hearing and speech problems were not included.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Trakya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tekirdağ Dr. İsmail Fehmi Cumalıoğlu City Hospital

Tekirdağ, Tekirdağ, 59000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Prostatic Hyperplasia; Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Prostatic Diseases; Genital Diseases, Male; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Male Urogenital Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Seher Unver

  Trakya University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: The data analyse is going to be completed by a independent researcher.
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: The research will be conducted using randomized controlled, experimental type and single-blind research methods. For this purpose, after the data are collected, they will be coded as A and B groups, so the researcher who will make the research statistics will analyze the data without knowing the study and control groups. Randomization method will be used to determine the groups. For this, the patients who meet the study criteria and volunteer will be assigned to the groups using the randomization program 'Random Allocation Software 2.0' according to the order of hospitalization.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 19, 2024
• First Posted: November 21, 2024
• Study Start: January 29, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2025
• Study Completion: July 30, 2025
• Last Updated: August 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)