The Anxiety of Parents of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Standard Guidelines Impact of Nursing Anxiety of Parents of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Randomized Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01492452
• Other study ID #: UP4555/10
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 13, 2011
• Last updated: December 14, 2011
• Start date: December 2010
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2011
• Source: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial. The population consisted of parents of children undergoing cardiac surgery from December 2010 to April 2011. We included parents aged over 18 years, and the following were considered exclusion criteria: inability to understand and/or answer the questions for any reason, parents of children undergoing surgery for insertion of the pacemaker and defibrillator, surgical death and not take up the case. 22 parents in the intervention group were randomized and received standardized guidelines for nursing and 22 parents participated in the control group received the guidelines and routine of the institution. Anxiety was assessed using the STAI State-Trait Inventory in the preoperative period and 48 hours after surgery the child.

Description:

anxiety

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 44
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: May 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• We included parents aged over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• inability to understand and/or answer the questions for any reason,

• parents of children undergoing surgery for insertion of the pacemaker and defibrillator,

• surgical death and not take up the case

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• standardized guidelines for nursing
Information was provided regarding the preoperative preparation of the child, the same conditions and in the postoperative period, as well as information relating to housing and food for the parents. The conventional orientation took about 15 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	anxiety inventory	STAI State-Trait Inventory	five months	No