The overall aim of this program of research is to decrease anxiety in urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention developing an nursing comunication instrument: a Guide of Hosting for urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention.
The overall aim of this program of research is to decrease anxiety in urogical scheduled patients for surgical intervention developing an nursing communication instrument: a Guide of Hosting for urological scheduled patients for surgical intervention. The purpose of the proposed project is to establish the feasibility and acceptability of this guide to decrease the anxiety in this patients, using a randomized clinical trial like a research design, which would test the effectiveness of this communication instrument in comparation to a control condition (patients without guide of housting). To achieve the investigators specific aims, the investigator conducted a randomized clinical trial (n=50), with two groups: intervention group (with Guide of Hosting) and control group (which shows a control condition). Valuation instruments were two validated scales: ESAS y HADS. Anxiety was the primary outcome variable assessed in the RCT; depression and pain were a secondary outcomes variables.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Guide of hosting with information about hospitalization to decrease anxiety
EPECA
Guadalajara, Spain
Anxiety: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
To assess anxiety and depressive symptoms in a general medical population. There are 7 depression items measuring cognitive and emotional aspects of depression, predominantly anhedonia, intermingled with 7 anxiety items that focus on cognitive and emotional aspects of anxiety. Somatic items relating to emotional and physical disorders are excluded. With 14 items.
Time frame: 4-5 months
Anxiety: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)
Value scale ESAS is a widely used, self-report symptom intensity tool for assessing nine common symptoms in hospilatation, with ratings ranging from 0 (none, best) to 10 (worst).
Time frame: 4-5 months
Pain: Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS)
Value scale ESAS is a widely used, self-report symptom intensity tool for assessing nine common symptoms in hospitalitation, with ratings ranging from 0 (none, best) to 10 (worst).
Time frame: 4-5 months
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