Perioperative Privacy in the Surgical Patient

NCT06983288 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Perioperative Privacy
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 294
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Since surgical patients are at risk of privacy violations in the perioperative process, it is thought that determining privacy perceptions and factors affecting this situation and developing strategies to protect privacy will improve the quality of patient care. In this study, it was aimed to determine the privacy perceptions of surgical patients in the perioperative process and the factors affecting them.

Conditions

Nursing Care; Privacy Statements; Perioperative Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Privacy perceptions level

  Assessed with Perioperative Privacy Scale. The scale used to evaluate patient perceptions about privacy along perioperative period. It consisted 19 items with scoring from 1 (one) to 5 (five). The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 80 and the minimum score is 16. The scale score is high in patients whose privacy is protected and low in patients whose privacy is not protected. The high scores that can be obtained from the scale indicate that the privacy of the patients is protected.

  Time frame: Postoperative 1st day

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Comfort level

  Time frame: Postoperative 1st day

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

Undergoing urology, orthopaedics, general surgery and gynaecology operations

You may qualify if:

• Being over 18 years old
• Knowing and speaking Turkish
• No communication problems
• To have been operated in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Application and Research Hospital Hospital urology, orthopedics, general surgery and gynaecology service
• At least 24 hours since the operation
• To agree to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Hospitalisation in the intensive care unit

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aydin Adnan Menderes University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Aydın Adnan Menderes University

Aydin, Zafer Mahallesi, 09010, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Target Duration: 1 Day
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD, Research Assisstant (Principal Investigator)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2025
• First Posted: May 21, 2025
• Study Start: October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: May 14, 2025
• Study Completion: May 14, 2025
• Last Updated: May 28, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: 12 months after publication

Locations

TU (1)