Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Heart Failure
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this RCT (randomized controlled trial) is to investigate the effect of education and counseling program that researches developed on patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) and low health literacy. The main questions are; Is there a difference between the health literacy scores of intervention and control groups after education and counseling program? Is there a difference between the CIEDs knowledge scores of intervention and control groups after education and counseling program? Is there a difference between the daily life activity scores of intervention and control groups after education and counseling program? Researches offer an education and counseling program about living with CIEDs to patients that having CIEDs for the first time. Participants answers questions in Health Literacy Survey European Questionnaire 16, cardiac implantable electronic devices knowledge scale (researches developed) and Duke Activity Index before education and counseling program, at first month, third month and sixth month after implantation. Reseraches compare scores between intervention and control groups, also different times in same groups.
Interventions
OTHEREducation and Counseling Program
Researches created an education and counseling program. In this context, patients receive an one hour education. Education program consist of face-to-face informing and teach-back method. At the end of the face-to-face informing, researchers give a comicbook about instructions of living with CIEDs as a written material. After discharge, researches follow-up patients with phone calls. In the context of phone calls researches continue to informing patients, remind related instructions for that time and answer questions of patients. Patients are allowed to reach reserarches any time if they have any concern or question. This program lasts for six months.
Sponsors
Dokuz Eylul University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
Randomized controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* no communication problems in Turkish * implanted any type of CIED for the first time * having low score of HLS EU Q16 * willingness to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Not literate * having vision or hearing problem * having psychiatric and cognitive impairment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baseline knowledge level | Before education | CIEDs knowledge scale score of patients |
| Change in knowledge level | At first month after education | CIEDs knowledge scale score of patients |
| Baseline daily life activities | Before education | Duke Activity Index score of patients |
| Change in daily life activities | At first month after education | Duke Activity Index score of patients |
| Baseline health literacy level | Before education | Health Literacy Survey European Questionnaire 16 score of patients |
| Change in health literacy level | At first month after education | Health Literacy Survey European Questionnaire 16 score of patients |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Contacts
Primary ContactMerve Erünal
Backup ContactHatice Mert
Outcome results
None listed