The Effect of Training Given to Nurses Caring for Dying Cancer Patients and Their Families on Care and Difficulties

Nursing Caries Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Training Given to Nurses Caring for Dying Cancer Patients and Their Families on Care and Difficulties

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05775926
• Other study ID #: 05.04.2019/87
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2023

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

Nursing is a profession that is human and is based on nursing care. Humans are social creatures that need care from the moment they are born.Today's scientific developments and changing technology have affected the health system.Many dying patients want to be hospitalized in order to receive better care and treatment. Depending on this situation, the frequency of nurses giving care to dying patients and their families has increased in hospitals. In order to increase the quality of the care given to the dying patient and his family and to reduce the difficulties experienced while giving this care, the nurse who provides the care should have sufficient knowledge and skills about the care of the dying patient and his family.

This research will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental study in order to determine the effect of education on the nursing care given and the difficulties experienced by the nurses who care for the dying cancer patients and their families.

Description:

The research was carried out to determine the effect of the training given to the nurses who care for the dying cancer patients and their families, on the nursing care and the difficulties experienced.

H1: There is a significant difference between the "Nursing Care Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families" pre- and post-test scores of the intervention and control groups.

H2: There is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test scores of the "Nurse Difficulty Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families" of the intervention and control groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: April 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Volunteer

• Working in a clinic where adult cancer patients are hospitalized for at least 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• On leave

• Not volunteering

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing Caries

Intervention

Other:
• Education
Nursing Care and Challenges Training for Nurses Caring for Dying Cancer Patients and Their Families was given in 4 modules and 2 days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Cukurova University	Adana

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cukurova University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Nursing Care Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families [NCD]	While the score to be obtained from each of the sub-dimensions of the scale varies between 3-15, the total score is between 15-60. The higher the score obtained from the scale, the higher the quality of nursing care.	1 month
Primary	The Nurse's Difficulty Scale for Dying Patients and Their Families [NDD]	While the score to be obtained from each of the sub-dimensions of the scale varies between 3-15, the total score is between 15-60. As the score obtained from the scale increases, the difficulties experienced by the nurses increase.	1 month