Cardiac Disease, Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Conditions
Keywords
Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Education of Patients, QoL
Brief summary
This study aims to build a new discharge education, booklet and mobile application based, and assess it's effects on recovery and quality of life in cardiac surgery patients. This is a randomised control trial. 12 weeks follow up will be done by phone calls.
Detailed description
Patients following cardiac surgery will be part of the study. Patients will be randomized in control and case groups. Control group receive standart discharge education from the nurses of the hospital, they will be interviewed by the researcher to gather general information and also information about recovery and quality of life. Case group will be given a discharge education by the researcher before discharge. After education patients will be given a booklet and a mobile application with the neccesary discharge information. Both groups will be followed for 12 weeks by monthly phone calls. In the last call recovery and quality of life will be reassessed.
Interventions
OTHERDischarge education
Researcher's newly prepared discharge education supported by a booklet and mobile app
Sponsors
Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
participants do not know the group they belong, case or control
Intervention model description
same follow up time
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* To agree to participate in the research, * Open heart surgery patients * Being 18 years or older, * Being able to read, write, understand and communicate in Turkish, * No vision, hearing and perception problems, * Being conscious, oriented, cooperative and open to communication.
Exclusion criteria
• Having surgery other than open heart surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery status after cardiac surgery | 12 weeks | Recovery-40 Questionnaire |
| Quality of Life after cardiac surgery | 12 weeks | Multidimensional Index of Life Quality |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
STUDY_CHAIRAyfer Özbaş
Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing
Outcome results
None listed