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Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06531928
Enrollment
60
Registered
2024-08-01
Start date
2024-08-15
Completion date
2025-07-30
Last updated
2025-01-09

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

Conditions

Chest Tube Withdrawal, Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Keywords

Chest tube withdrawal, Pain, Anxiety, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, VATS

Brief summary

Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of the anxiety may be related to fear and anxiety about the pain caused by the upcoming chest tube removal procedure, or it may be the words they have heard from other patients who have had this experience before. There are a limited number of studies in the literature on anxiety that may occur in patients due to chest tube withdrawal. In addition, studies in the literature did not focus on whether there was a difference between pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anxiety levels before and after the procedure and the pain levels felt in the patients due to the procedure due to chest tube withdrawal in patients who underwent VATS. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. If a correlation is detected, the importance of pre-procedural anxiety management will be better understood, the necessity of interventions such as psychological and pharmacological treatment for anxiety will come to the fore, and new research on this subject will be needed.

Interventions

OTHERchest tube withdrawal

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels in Thoracic Surgery Cases Performed with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Sponsors

Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* The ages of 18-65 * BMI between 18-35 kg/m2 * Who have undergone VATS * Who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery * who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy)

Exclusion criteria

* Who have undergone surgery under emergency conditions, * Who have undergone thoracotomy, decortication, pleural biopsy, * Who constantly use anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs, * Patients with preoperative chronic pain, * Who have undergone thoracic surgery before, * Patients with a history of chest tube insertion and for any reason after surgery (prolonged air leakage), * Patients whose chest tube has not been removed for more than 7 days, * Who have undergone pleurodesis * Patients with psychiatric diagnoses or who use psychiatric drugs * Who are illiterate will be excluded from the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
visual analog scale -Anxiety24 hoursInvestigation of pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels due to chest tube removal in patients undergoing VATS and pain felt by patients due to the procedure. The VAS-anxiety is a segmented numerical version of the visual analog scale (VAS), in which the respondent chooses an integer (0-100 mm) that best reflects the intensity of his anxiety. It is considered a one-dimensional measure of anxiety intensity in adults. It ranges from 0 mm representing no anxiety to 100 mm representing extreme anxiety.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
visual analog scale-Pain24 hoursIt was aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. The VAS-pain is a segmented numerical version of the visual analog scale (VAS), in which the respondent chooses an integer (0-100 mm) that best reflects the intensity of his pain. It is considered a one-dimensional measure of pain intensity in adults. It ranges from 0 mm representing no pain to 100 mm representing extreme pain.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Contacts

Primary ContactRamazan Baldemir, Specialist
baldemir23@yahoo.com+905303570166

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026