Investigation of the Effects of Discharge Education Strategies on Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities in Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery.

Investigation of the Effects of Discharge Education Strategies on Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities in Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery. This Study Was Designed as a Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Most Effective Method Verbal Education or a Combination of Verbal Education and Written Brochure Educationon the Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities of Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07012681

Enrollment

Registered

2025-06-10

Start date

2024-10-15

Completion date

2025-05-09

Last updated

2025-06-10

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Conditions

Intracranial Surgery

Keywords

Patient discharge management

Brief summary

It was planned to provide education using verbal education or verbal and picture-text brochure method as a discharge education strategy for patients who underwent intracranial surgery. In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Detailed description

In this study, it was planned to provide education to patients who underwent intracranial surgery by using verbal education or verbal and pictorial brochure methods as a discharge education strategy. The evaluation of the effect of this education, which includes content on skin wound care, nutrition, drainage, exercise, medication management and seizures, on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Interventions

OTHERdischarge training (oral and written brochure)

The group that received oral and written brochure training during discharge training

OTHERdischarge education (oral education)

group receiving oral training in discharge training

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

Arm 1: Oral Training Group Arm 2: Oral and Written Brochure training Group

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants must meet all of the following criteria: * Have undergone intracranial surgery * Voluntarily agree to participate in the study * Be between 18 and 75 years of age * Be literate and speak Turkish * Be open to communication and cooperation * Be mentally healthy * Have no visual, hearing, or speech impairments

Exclusion criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following: * Refuse to participate in the study * Are not native Turkish speakers * Are illiterate * Have visual, hearing, or speech impairments * Have a diagnosed psychological disorder * Have been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
quality of life scale and activities of daily living scale	Assessed for 1 month after hospital discharge	There are (0-100) points on the quality of life scale, and as the score increases, the quality of life increases. There are (0-6) points on the daily living activities scale, and as the score increases, the functionality increases.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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