Effect Of Counselıng

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect Of Counselıng on Qualıty of Lıfe and Self-Care Agency for Patıents Who Are Scheduled for Total Knee Replacement

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04916717
• Other study ID #: ckaya
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: Usak University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to determine the effect of counseling on quality of life and self-care agency for patients who are scheduled for TKR.

Description:

This is a quantitative study and has a quasi-experimental design with a control group. The sample of the study consisted of 79 patients including intervention (n=39) and control (n=40). The data are collected by the face-to-face interview method using Patient Identification Form, Quality of Life Scale, and Self-Care Agency Scale before surgery, and 6-8th weeks after discharge. Face-to-face and telephone counseling were applied to individuals in the intervention group. The x2, t-test, one-factor variance analysis, and two-factor variance analysis were used in the analysis of the data.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 79
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• undergoing TKA for the first time, being scheduled to have unilateral TKA, having surgery for osteoarthritis, having no postoperative complications, fulfilment of discharge criteria after surgery, being aged 18 years or older, being conscious, orientation to place and time, having no hearing or speech problems, ability to understand and speak Turkish, being at least literate, not being diagnosed with any psychiatric diseases and not having a history of cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• diagnoses of neurological (e.g. Alzheimer's disease) and psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia) likely to affect cognitive functions, first accepting to participate in the study and then dropping out of the study, development of complications during follow-up (e.g. infection), unavailability when called and lost to follow-up.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nursing Caries
• Quality of Life
• Total Knee Replacement

Intervention

Other:
• Counseling
Face-to-face and telephone counseling were applied to individuals in the intervention group.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Usak University Education and Research Hospital	Usak	Merkez

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Usak University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of life (SF-36)	in quality of life change from the preoperative period to 6-8th weeks and 14-16th weeks (postoerative period)	up to 16 weeks
Primary	Self Care Agency	in self care agency change from the preoperative period to 6-8th weeks and 14-16th weeks (postoerative period)	up to16 weeks