Effect of Postoperative Telehealth Counseling on Recovery and Self-Care in Geriatric Day Surgery Patients

NCT06892769 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Geriatric surgery
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effect of postoperative telehealth counseling on patient outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing day surgery. Hypotheses of the Study H11: In geriatric patients undergoing day surgery, the postoperative self-care power of the intervention group receiving postoperative telehealth counseling is higher than the control group not receiving counseling. H12: In geriatric patients undergoing day surgery, the postoperative recovery status of the intervention group receiving postoperative telehealth counseling is higher than that of the control group not receiving counseling. Inclusion Criteria;

• 65 years of age or older,
• Having undergone day surgery (appendectomy, hernia operations, biopsy procedures, cholecystectomy...)
• No communication problems (no vision and hearing problems),
• No mental problems,
• Being able to communicate by telephone (by the patient or relative),
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Having at most two chronic diseases (Diabetes and Hypertension). Exclusion Criteria;
• Surgery in emergency conditions,
• developed complications during the case

Conditions

Geriatric Patient Care Improvement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Postoperatıve recovery process

  Data collection tools Postoperative Recovery Index (PRAI): The index consists of 5 sub-dimensions and 25 items. The sub-dimensions are psychological symptoms, physical activities, general symptoms, bowel symptoms and craving symptoms. When determining the sub-dimension score, the scores of the related items are summed and their arithmetic averages are taken. For the total score, all items are summed and the arith. Maximum Possible Score: If the scoring system for each item is on a scale (for example, 1 to 5), the maximum score for each sub-dimension would be the sum of the highest possible score for each item within that sub-dimension. The total maximum score is the sum of the maximum scores for all 25 items. If each item can score between 1 and 5, the maximum score per item is 5. Maximum score for 25 items: 5 x 25 = 125 (total score) Minimum Possible Score: The minimum score for each item is 1, so the lowest possible score for each sub-dimension is 25 (1 for each of the 25 ite

  postoperative 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th week

Study Arms (2)

Routine care

NO INTERVENTION

Patients will only be called weekly to complete the scales.

telehealth counseling application

EXPERIMENTAL

to provide active counseling by calling weekly by phone on issues that the patient needs

Other: telehealth counseling

Interventions

telehealth counseling OTHER

Patients in the intervention group will be called every week (for 4 weeks) and will be trained in line with the determined guide and scales will be filled.

telehealth counseling application

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 90 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older,
• Having undergone day surgery (appendectomy, hernia operations, biopsy procedures, cholecystectomy...)
• No communication problems (no vision and hearing problems),
• No mental problems,
• Being able to communicate by telephone (by the patient or relative),
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Having at most two chronic diseases (Diabetes and Hypertension).

You may not qualify if:

• Surgery under emergency conditions,
• developed complications during the case

Sponsors & Collaborators

• TC Erciyes University: lead
• Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi: collaborator

Central Study Contacts

Dilek TALHAOĞLU

CONTACT

+905545911691; dilektalhaoglu@gmail.com

Serdar Şahin

CONTACT

serdarsahin@ahievran.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 9, 2025
• First Posted: March 25, 2025
• Study Start: March 15, 2025
• Primary Completion: November 15, 2025
• Study Completion: December 15, 2025
• Last Updated: March 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03