The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of group training using a tutorial film and one-to-one face-to-face training in calculating the pulse rate and detecting irregularity in the pulse rhythm in patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Pulse rate self-examination can provide a fairly good assessment of the patient's condition and helps the physician with drug dosage adjustment in patients with cardiac problems. This study will be conducted in the Cardiology wards of Modarres and Loghman hospitals in Tehran. These are two educational general referral hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences covering northern and southern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran respectively. After obtaining a written consent the patients will randomly assign into two groups using random number table. One group will receive a 20-minute face-to-face training session by a nurse on how to calculate the pulse rate in a minute and detect irregularities in the pulse rhythm whereas a 10-minute tutorial film with the same content will be shown to the other group. Three practical test sessions are arranged for each patient, before the training session, right after the training session and at least 48 hours after the training session. The tests contain two parts and evaluate the patients' ability in calculating the exact pulse rate in a minute and detecting irregularities in the pulse rhythm. A special data-collecting questionnaire is designed for this study. This questionnaire contains background information such as sex, age, and literacy level as well as the practical test results. Data gathering process will be performed by nurses in these hospitals. Nurses, who participate in this study, will attend in briefing sessions on how to fill the data-collecting questionnaires. The sample size consists of 300 patients who admitted in Cardiology ward (200 in Modarres hospital and 100 in Loghman hospital). The data will be inserted to the computer and the variables will be compared within and between groups using SPSS software version 16.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
300
One-to-one face-to-face training on calculating the pulse rate and detecting abnormalities.
Group training using a tutorial film on calculating the pulse rate and detecting abnormalities.
Cardiovascular research center, Modarres hospital.
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
RECRUITINGAbility to calculated the pulse rate correctly and detected pulse irregularity
The number of participants who can calculate the pulse rate correctly and detect pulse irregularity, and the participants' improvement in the ability to calculated the pulse rate correctly and detected pulse irregularity on the three time points, will be compared between the two groups.
Time frame: The outcome will be measured on three distinct time points; before the training session(base line), right after the training session, and at least 48 hours after the training session
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