The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Education on the Knowledge Level of the Relatives of the Patients

Overview

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial, which included pretest and posttest, was to examine the effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention and care education given to caregivers of patients treated in a palliative care clinic. The key questions it aims to answer are: * Does the routine clinical training given in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the knowledge level of patients' relatives about pressure ulcers? * Does the pressure ulcer education given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about pressure ulcers? Participants will participate in an educational activity on pressure ulcers. Researchers will compare whether pressure ulcer training given to palliative care patient relatives is effective compared to routine service training with lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

One-to-one interviews will be conducted with the relatives of the patients in the experimental and control groups, and the appropriate time frame for the clinical operation will be determined. Participants will be informed about the study at the time determined jointly with the companions and at the appropriate place for the clinic. Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the control group. The participants in the control group will not receive any educational intervention by the researcher until the day of discharge. This group will receive routine clinical training given only in the hospital. Training of patients and their relatives in clinics continues with the principle of "Do-Watch-Check". This is how nurses conduct their routine clinical training. The Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a post-test to the control group on the day of the patients' discharge. Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the experimental group. In addition to the training given to the participants in the experimental group with the routine "Do-Watch-Check" principle in the clinic, face-to-face pressure ulcer training will be given by the researchers on the day of discharge. The presentation about the pressure ulcer will be given by the researchers in two periods of 30 min + 30 minutes using lectures, case studies and question-answer techniques. Opinions were received from three field experts regarding the validity of the training content of the pressure ulcer topic (CGI: 1.00). The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a final test on the day of discharge after completion of training.