Anxiety, Behavior, Nurse-Patient Relations
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety, Urogical, Guide of Hosting, Comunication instrument, Patients
Brief summary
The overall aim of this program of research is to decrease anxiety in urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention developing an nursing comunication instrument: a Guide of Hosting for urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention.
Detailed description
The overall aim of this program of research is to decrease anxiety in urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention developing an nursing communication instrument: a Guide of Hosting for urological scheduled patients for surgical intervention. The purpose of the proposed project is to establish the feasibility and acceptability of this guide to decrease the anxiety in this patients, using a randomized clinical trial like a research design, which would test the effectiveness of this communication instrument in comparation to a control condition (patients without guide of housting). To achieve the investigators specific aims, the investigator conducted a randomized clinical trial (n=50), with two groups: intervention group (with Guide of Hosting) and control group (which shows a control condition). Valuation instruments were two validated scales: ESAS y HADS. Anxiety was the primary outcome variable assessed in the RCT; depression and pain were a secondary outcomes variables.
Interventions
OTHERGuide of hosting
Guide of hosting with information about hospitalization to decrease anxiety
Sponsors
University of Alcala
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Masking description
RCT
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age limits: 18 years old. * with hospital admission scheduled at 5ªA hospitalization service of the University Hospital of Guadalajara for surgical intervention with urological diagnosis
Exclusion criteria
* patients with cognitive deficit. * patients with recurrent insomnia problems * without Spanish language proficiency * patients that have participated in a clinical trial in the last three months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) | 4-5 months | To assess anxiety and depressive symptoms in a general medical population. There are 7 depression items measuring cognitive and emotional aspects of depression, predominantly anhedonia, intermingled with 7 anxiety items that focus on cognitive and emotional aspects of anxiety. Somatic items relating to emotional and physical disorders are excluded. With 14 items. |
| Anxiety: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) | 4-5 months | Value scale ESAS is a widely used, self-report symptom intensity tool for assessing nine common symptoms in hospilatation, with ratings ranging from 0 (none, best) to 10 (worst). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) | 4-5 months | Value scale ESAS is a widely used, self-report symptom intensity tool for assessing nine common symptoms in hospitalitation, with ratings ranging from 0 (none, best) to 10 (worst). |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed