The Effect of Discharge Training on Surgical Recovery in Oncology Patients

Surgery--Complications Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Discharge Training on Surgical Recovery in Oncology Patients: A Randomized Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04862104
• Other study ID #: Surgical Recovery
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 27, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Aydin Adnan Menderes University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A randomized control trial was made to examine the effect of discharge training developed using Nursing Interventions Classification on surgical recovery in patient who underwent oncological surgery.

Description:

The concept of surgical recovery is defined as "starting activities aimed at maintaining daily life, health and well-being after surgery" and delay in surgical recovery "increasing the number of days after surgery required to start activities aimed at maintaining daily life, health and well-being after surgery". Problems such as fatigue, pain, incisional surgical site infection, loss of appetite, which are common in patients in the postoperative period, are symptoms associated with delayed surgical recovery. In addition to these symptoms, the presence of conditions such as delayed return to home / work activities need for self-care, nausea, anorexia, pain, and difficulty in moving indicate that surgical recovery is interrupted. It has been reported that delay in surgical recovery is common after surgeries such as gastrostomy, colectomy, and exploratory laparotomy.

Patients who have undergone gastric or colorectal cancer surgery should receive discharge training before returning to social life and business life. Nurses should determine the problems they may experience at home in patients who have undergone surgeries such as gastrostomy, colectomy, and exploratory laparotomy, where delay in surgical recovery is frequently reported, plan and apply discharge training for these problems, and monitor patients in terms of surgical recovery processes at home. It has been reported that this way, the surgical recovery process can be supported and delays in surgical recovery can be prevented.

This study was conducted to determine the effect of a discharge training developed using the Nursing Interventions Classification on surgical recovery in patients undergoing oncologic surgery.

It was tested the hypotheses that there was no difference between the post-intervention intervention and control groups in terms of the surgical recovery score averages in patients who had undergone oncologic surgery were tested.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 78
• Est. completion date: December 27, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages between 18 and 75

• Stomach or colorectal surgery

• Volunteering to participate in research

• Understanding and speaking Turkish

• Having a telephone that can be reached by him or his caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

• Responding to less than 75% of phone calls

• Not having cognitive functions in place

• Having a hearing problem

• Not having a relative to answer in case he / she cannot answer the phone

• Having complications during hospitalization (ileus, septic shock, herniation)

• Having a history of chemotherapy / radiotherapy in the last two months

• To receive chemotherapy / radiotherapy within two months after surgery

• Complications developed during surgery

• To be transferred to the intensive care unit after surgery.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing Caries
• Surgery--Complications

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Intervention group
In addition to the routine care they received, the patients in the intervention groups were given discharge training developed in the pre-discharge period. Discharge training consisted of a verbal and written information booklet containing instructions for the patient and the patient's caregiver on pain management, nutrition management, incision site care, strengthening self-care, returning to daily life activities, and colostomy care. Discharge training was given in the service after evaluating the surgical recovery status of the patient before discharge. The average duration of each training was 30-45 minutes. The patients were evaluated in terms of surgical recovery by calling by phone 2 weeks after discharge, 4 weeks and 8 weeks later. The developed education booklet was given to the patient and it was ensured that he could benefit from the information at home.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Aydin Adnan Menderes University	Aydin	Efeler

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Aydin Adnan Menderes University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The surgical recovery score averages in patients	assessed using the Patient Evaluation Form, nine defining features of the diagnosis of "delayed surgical recovery" defined in NANDA-I (delaying starting activities at home / work, understanding that more time is required for recovery/ recovery, need for assistance in self-care practices, evidence indicating impaired surgical site presence (discharge, swelling, redness, pain, presence of one of the bleeding in the area mild; the presence of all will be marked as severe distress), loss of appetite with nausea, loss of appetite without nausea, difficulty in moving around, pain or discomfort, fatigue) It contains questions.; The patient evaluation form was created using the Nursing Outcomes Classification of the five-point Likert-type scale measuring the severity of descriptive features. The expression "severely distressed" was "1 point"; The expression "significantly distressed" was evaluated as "2 points", "moderately distressed" as "3 points", "mildly distressed" as "4 points", and "no	before discharge in the postoperative days
Primary	The surgical recovery status after intervention	assessed using the Patient Evaluation Form. The form is composed of nine items. The form is The expression "severely distressed" was "1 point"; The expression "significantly distressed" was evaluated as "2 points", "moderately distressed" as "3 points", "mildly distressed" as "4 points", and "no distress" as "5 points". The patient can get a minimum of nine and a maximum of 45 points. As the score for each evaluation question increased, the improvement was evaluated as positive. It was applied by telephone in the second week after discharge.	In the second weeks after discharge
Primary	The surgical recovery status after intervention	assessed using the Patient Evaluation Form. The form is composed of nine items. The form is The expression "severely distressed" was "1 point"; The expression "significantly distressed" was evaluated as "2 points", "moderately distressed" as "3 points", "mildly distressed" as "4 points", and "no distress" as "5 points". The patient can get a minimum of nine and a maximum of 45 points. As the score for each evaluation question increased, the improvement was evaluated as positive. It was applied by telephone in the fourth week after discharge.	In the fourth weeks after discharge
Primary	The surgical recovery status after intervention	assessed using the Patient Evaluation Form. The form is composed of nine items. The form is The expression "severely distressed" was "1 point"; The expression "significantly distressed" was evaluated as "2 points", "moderately distressed" as "3 points", "mildly distressed" as "4 points", and "no distress" as "5 points". The patient can get a minimum of nine and a maximum of 45 points. As the score for each evaluation question increased, the improvement was evaluated as positive. It was applied by telephone in the eighth week after discharge.	In the eighth weeks after discharge