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Effect of education in endotracheal tube cuff management

Effect of the education program on nurses´ knowledge and performance in the endotracheal tube cuff management

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT2013112615560N1
Enrollment
40
Registered
2013-12-25
Start date
2013-12-07
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Tracheal tube cuff. Anaesthesiology devices associated with adverse incidents

Interventions

Intervention 1: Education of Intervention groups
at beginning mass education and then person to person training at the patient's bedside by lecture, questions and answers method with usage of pamphlet for 3 days. Intervention 2: in control groups no
Education of Intervention groups
at beginning mass education and then person to person training at the patient's bedside by lecture, questions and answers method with usage of pamphlet for 3 days.
in control groups no intervention

Sponsors

Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criterion for nurses: working experience in intensive care units at least for one-year. Inclusion criteria for patients are age over 18-year old; having endotracheal tube for more than 48 hours; having no injuries or damage in face and neck; having no tumors in the respiratory tract and stable hemodynamic conditions. Exclusion criterias for nurses are leave a job or retirement along sampling (before and after intervention), and for patients are death or weaning from endotracheal tube.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Awareness. Timepoint: 2 weeks before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Self-designed awareness questionner.;Performance. Timepoint: 2 weeks before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Self reporting/ self-designed performance check list.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Tracheal tube cuff management. Timepoint: 2 weeks before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Check list.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactJavadi Ali Gheshlaghi Rogheah

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

javadirogheah@yahoo.com+98 21 4473 3392

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026