The Effect of Mobile Education on Anxiety and Activities of Daily Living

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of e-Mobile Education Organized According to Life Model on Anxiety and Daily Living Activities of Patients With Thyroidectomy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05529732
• Other study ID #: CukurovaUniversity
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: November 21, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2023
• Source: Cukurova University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study was planned as a block randomized controlled experimental study. In order to calculate the sample size needed in our study, a pilot study will be conducted and a priori power analysis will be made based on the results of this study.

E-mobile application will be used as data collection tool. The research will be carried out with 2 groups as application (mobile application) and control (standard care).

Description:

The study was planned as a block randomized controlled experimental study. In order to calculate the sample size needed in our study, a pilot study will be conducted and a priori power analysis will be made based on the results of this study.

E-mobile application will be used as data collection tool. The "E-Mobile Application Training Content Guide" to be integrated into the mobile application will be evaluated by the experts with the "Conformity Evaluation Form of Written Training Materials" and the "DISCERN Scale". After the training content is completed, "Personal Information Form", "STAI State and Trait Anxiety Scale", "Assessment and Monitoring Form for Daily Living Activities" will be used. In the preliminary application, the "System Usability Scale" and the e-mobile application will be evaluated by the patients. The "E-Mobile Application Training Content Guide" created by the researchers in line with the literature will be transferred to the mobile application with the help of computer engineers and graphic designers. Sequence and visuality of education Roper et al. It was designed according to the Life Activities Based Nursing Model developed by The e-mobile application is designed in accordance with the Android operating system and its language is Turkish. Patients who download the application from the virtual market (Google Play) can log in with the user name and password created by the researcher. The user name and password were created by the researcher specifically for each patient during the research process. The number of clicks and the reading time of the topics read by the patients entering the application can be tracked with the help of the created web page. The research will be carried out with 2 groups as application (mobile application) and control (standard care).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 68
• Est. completion date: November 21, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Thyroidectomy was planned for benign thyroid disease,

• Hospitalized at least one day before the operation,

• Voluntarily accepted to participate in the study,

• Aged 18 and over,

• Conscious, person-space-time orientation,

• No psychiatric problems,

• No hearing-speech and visual impairment

• who can speak Turkish,

• who underwent partial thyroidectomy/lobectomy/total thyroidectomy under general anesthesia and by the same surgeon,

• who have been using a smartphone for at least one year will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with psychiatric problems,

• hearing or speech impairment, who did not approve the informed consent form, who gave up after approval,

• who did not use the mobile application despite using a smartphone,

• who have a profession in the field of health will not be included in the study.

• In addition, patients who did not log into the mobile application, could not be contacted during the research process and whose surgery was canceled for any reason will not be included in the sample.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Activities of Daily Living
• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Patient Education
• Postoperative Anxiety

Intervention

Other:
• e-Mobile Application Patient Education for Patients with Thyroidectomy
Its mobile application is prepared according to the "Android Operating System" and can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play Store, it is an application that provides training and consultancy services for patients who have had thyroidectomy surgery.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Muaz Gülsen	Adana	Asia
Turkey	Muaz GÜLSEN	Adana

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cukurova University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	STAI State and Trait Anxiety Inventory:	STAI State and Trait Anxiety Inventory: The scale was developed by Spielberger in 1964 and adapted into Turkish by Öner and Le Compte. The scale consists of two parts and includes a total of 40 questions. 20 questions in the first part evaluate the state anxiety of individuals, and 20 questions in the second part evaluate the trait anxiety.	1 year