Adnexal Mass, Perioperative Complication, Outcome, Fatal
Conditions
Keywords
Adnexal mass, Preoperative education, Anxiety
Brief summary
A randomised controlled trial study consisting of two-group pretest-post-test.
Detailed description
This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with pretest and posttest model. The sample of the research consisted of patients who would undergo ovarian cancer surgery at the gynecologic oncology unit of a university hospital in Turkey between June 2019-August 2020. The women were randomly assigned using a random number generation program (Research Randomizer (https://www.randomizer.org/) by an independent researcher who was not included in the study, intervention and control groups were formed. Women were not informed about the group they would be a part of. However, the groups of women were known by the researchers.
Interventions
The first two hours after the hospitalization of the patient will be met and the aim of the study will be explained. On the same day, the patient will be given breathing and relaxation exercises and explained why it is important. On the second day after the hospitalization, the patient will be evaluated and the previous day's exercises will be repeated and leg exercises will be performed. The importance of mobilization will then be highlighted. the same day gradual relaxation exercise and surgical relaxation will be administered to the patient three times. The patient will be evaluated on the first postoperative day.
Sponsors
Dokuz Eylul University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18 years and over * women who know diagnosis * women who have not psychiatric illness * women who have preoperative period * hospitalization two days before surgery
Exclusion criteria
\-
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety | 3 days | It has been measured The State and Trait Anxiety Inventory. Form Y, its most popular version, has 20 items for assessing trait anxiety and 20 for state anxiety. State anxiety items include: I am tense; I am worried and I feel calm; I feel secure. Trait anxiety items include: I worry too much over something that really doesn't matter and I am content; I am a steady person. All items are rated on a 4-point scale (e.g., from Almost Never to Almost Always). Scores range from 20 to 80, with higher scores correlating with greater anxiety. |
| analgesia | 3 days | It has been measured visual analog scale for pain. Scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores correlating with greater pain. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed