Impact of the Surgical Mask on the Patient-nurse Relation in Primary Care

Satisfaction, Personal Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of the Surgical Mask on the Relationship Between Patient and Family Nurse in Primary Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03584685
• Other study ID #: MASK
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 31, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 2018

Study information

• Verified date: June 2018
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to inspect the effect of nurses wearing the surgical mask on their patients' satisfaction with the relationship. All participants will initially be treated without the mask. Then, half will be treated with the mask and the other half will be treated without the mask.

Description:

The use of the surgical mask has well-known benefits for both the patient and the professional regarding the control of infection contamination. However, its use is left to individual criteria, and is passed on from generation to generation of nurses through experiential, intuitive knowledge. Studies are necessary to support the use of the surgical mask.

Research indicates that wearing the mask affects perception of words, thus influencing patient-nurse communication. However, it might also affect the very nurse--patient relation. For example, it can convey the idea of personal distancing, which can either be appreciated by patients as dutiful professional care by the nurse, or viewed as a limit imposed on interpersonal communication and on the relationship.

This study inspects patient satisfaction about (1) interpersonal aspects and (2) professionalism in the patient-nurse relationship when the mask is used.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: December 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients suffering from chronic wounds

• Age: 18 years or older

• Know how to read and write in Portuguese

• Confirmed autopsychic and allopsychic orientation

• Maintain previous relation with the nurse of at least 18 months

• Need at least two consecutive treatments with the nurse

Exclusion Criteria:

• Failing to meet the above criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Satisfaction, Personal

Intervention

Device:
• Mask
All participants will initially be treated without the mask. In the next appointment, half will be treated with the mask.

Procedure:
• Routine wound treatment
All participants will initially be treated for their wounds without the mask. In the next appointment, half will again be treated for their wounds without the mask.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	CINTESIS - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto	Porto

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Porto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	30-item questionnaire assessing patient satisfaction with the nurse-patient relation (the PSQ-III)	Self-reported patient satisfaction after one appointment with the nurse about interpersonal aspects of the patient-nurse relation (7 items), communication (5 items) and nurse's technical quality (10 items). Responses are given on a 1 to 5 Likert scale. Higher scores correspond to greater satisfaction.	1 day
Secondary	Sensation of time	1 question asked about how long patients and nurses felt that the appointment lasted	1 day