Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05088551 |
Other study ID # |
14574941- 199-27487 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
N/A
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
June 1, 2018 |
Est. completion date |
April 1, 2020 |
Study information
Verified date |
October 2021 |
Source |
Bozok University |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The reasons such as the advanced age of most patients with Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA), the
presence of concomitant diseases, and bilateral prostheses cause a decrease in the quality of
life by negatively affecting the healing processes of the patients. Patients who try to adapt
to the problems experienced during postoperative recovery need the information to develop
coping behaviors. Nurses play a crucial role in ensuring adequate and effective access of
information to the patient during this challenging process, which significantly affects
mobility and, consequently, life activities. Effective educational interventions to be
implemented by nurses enable patients to make decisions about health problems and act to
improve their quality of life. However, for patient education to be efficient, the
information given must be easy to read, understandable, and suitable for various learning
styles to cope with problems more effectively. Still, individuals with low health literacy
have problems benefiting from all services provided, exceptionally patient education, at the
desired level.
Description:
Patients with TKA face many problems in the early postoperative period and home processes
after discharge. In this process, the instruction that will be given by nurses as a part of
the care is critical. Patient education will contribute to less stress for patients,
effective participation in their care, and more minor problems in the recovery process at
home after discharge and increase positive patient outcomes. However, for the teaching to be
effective, nurses must first determine the health literacy levels of individuals. When
initiatives are planned following the level of health literacy, it is thought that
individuals' adaptation to the duration of their health will increase, the process will
progress effectively, the recovery will be positively affected, and the quality of life will
increase. Accordingly, this study was conducted to examine the effect of the curriculum
prepared according to patients' health literacy levels with TKA on the healing process and
quality of life.
Research hypotheses:
H1a- Patient education, which is planned according to health literacy levels, positively
affects patients' quality of life.
H1b- Patient education, which is planned according to health literacy levels, reduces
patients' problems on the 15th day after surgery.
H1c- Patient education, which is planned according to health literacy levels, reduces
patients' problems in the 6th week after surgery.
H1d- Patient education, which is planned according to health literacy levels, affects the
postoperative improvement in functional status in patients.
Study Design: A control group intervention research. Method: 102 patients, 51 experimental
groups, and 51 control groups participated in the study. The sample was chosen randomly from
the universe by the researcher. From the patients hospitalized in the clinic and matching the
research criteria, the control group was determined by random method according to the order
of the patients, and their data were collected. Then, the intervention group data were
obtained, paying attention to the similarity of the groups in terms of education, age, and
gender. In the study, the education plan prepared in line with the control group data was
applied to the intervention group, and its effects on the healing processes were observed.
Data were collected with Patient Introduction, Patient Learning Requirements, Functional
Evaluation, Turkey Health Literacy, Discharge Data Collection, Post-Discharge 15th and Sixth
Week Recovery Process Data Collection, Quality of Life Forms.