Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Surgical Site Infection
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if nurse-led education and tele-interventions can reduce the incidence of surgical wound infections in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can nurse-led education reduce the rate of surgical wound infections after coronary artery bypass surgery? * Does the addition of tele-interventions further decrease the incidence of these infections compared to standard care? Researchers will compare three groups: * Group A: Standard postoperative care * Group B: Nurse-led patient education * Group C: Nurse-led patient education plus tele-interventions Participants will: * Receive standard care, nurse-led education, or nurse-led education with tele-interventions * Having regular follow-up as per group assignment * Monitor and report infection during the study period
Interventions
OTHERGroup B: nurse-led education
Group B: nurse-led education No educational video, will be shown to this group of patients
OTHERGroup C: nurse-led education and implementation of teleinterventions
Group C: nurse-led education and implementation of teleinterventions An educational video, made for the purposes of the study only, will be shown to them. This is the difference between the two groups
Sponsors
Hellenic Mediterranean University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 18 years * Patients who have undergone CABG with median sternotomy * Proficiency in reading and writing in Greek * Patients who provide written informed consent for participation in the study * Patients who have access to a mobile phone and know how to use it * Patients without difficulties in vision, speech, or hearing * Patients at intermediate or high risk for developing surgical site infections, based on their scores in the risk stratification models described below
Exclusion criteria
* History of psychiatric illness, recent history of alcohol and/or substance abuse, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease * Presence of an active infection within 2 weeks prior to the surgical procedure * Preoperative hospitalization \> 2 days * Concurrent surgery on the aorta or heart valves * Urgent or emergency nature of the surgical procedure * Re-sternotomy aimed at surgical re-exploration of bleeding or implementation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in cases of cardiac arrest * Patients in whom the sternum has not been closed after the completion of the surgical procedure and who are transferred to the cardiothoracic unit without sternum closure * Active endocarditis * Life expectancy \< 6 months * Lack of a smartphone
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| nurse-led education and nursing teleinterventions on reducing the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients who underwent planned coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). | six months | To investigate the effect of nurse-led education and the implementation of systematic nursing teleinterventions on reducing the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) in patients who underwent planned coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). |
Countries
Greece
Contacts
Primary ContactKonstantinos Giakoumidakis, RN
Backup ContactParaskevi Kyriazi, RN
Outcome results
None listed