The study aims to find the different effects of applying an ice-bag pressure, TR radial band compression device-screw type, and TR radial band compression device-air type on early complications and comfort among patients undergoing radial arterial line removal after open heart surgery.
This study will be designed as a randomized control trial (RCT). A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a research method that encompasses prospective, comparative, quantitative, genuine experimental, and post-test-only control group designs. This type of design will conduct under controlled conditions which allows the researcher to assigned interventions randomly to different groups in order to minimize bias and understand the best cause-and-effect relationship between independent variables (Ice-bag pressure, TR radial band compression device-screw type, and TR radial band compression device-air type) and dependent variables (early complication; bleeding severity, hematoma formation, and patient comfort), as well as this study will utilize the effect of an ice-bag pressure, TR radial band compression device-screw type, and TR radial band compression device-air type as interventions to measure their effectiveness in the reducing of early complication; bleeding severity, hematoma formation, and patient comfort following to radial arterial line removal after open heart surgery and which intervention is more effective. Each individual participating in this study will have an equal chance of being assigned to either the experimental or control group. Setting: The research will be carried out at the Ibn Al-Bitar center for cardiac surgery, which has five rooms dedicated to open heart surgery, twelve beds for the postoperative cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), and four beds for the high dependency unit (HDU). Additionally, the Iraqi center for heart disease will be used, which has three rooms for open heart surgery, five beds for post-operative cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), and three beds for high dependency unit (HDU). Situated in the Baghdad governorate, this is a government-operated specialized facility dedicated to open heart surgery and cardiac catheterization. The facilities consistently carry out surgical procedures on approximately 3 cases per day, 15 cases per week, 60 cases per month, and over 720 cases per year, along with emergency operations following a predetermined schedule. This allows for reliable evaluation of the administrative feasibility and availability of the study population.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
104
The researcher will randomly assign patients undergoing radial arterial line removal after open heart surgery into four groups: ice-bag pressure, transparent radial band compression device (screw type), transparent radial band compression device (air type), and control group. The researcher will assign specific card colors to each group: white for the control group, yellow for the ice-bag pressure group, pink for the Transparent Radial Band Compression Device - Screw Type group, and green for the Transparent Radial Band Compression Device - Air Type group. The researcher will place all these cards in a container, allowing the participant to select their preferred color, and then apply the intervention separately to each group.
Ali Abdul-Rasool Abbas
Karbala, Al-bahadliya, Iraq
To assess the comfort level during the procedure as measured by the Numerical Visual Rating Comfort Scale (NVRC scale).
NVRC scale measures overall comfort on a 0-10 scale as follows: "No comfort" (0), "Negligible comfort" (1), "Moderate comfort" (2), "Moderate comfort" (3), "Moderate comfort" (4), "Moderate comfort" (5), "Moderate and fairly high comfort" (6), "Fairly high comfort" (7), "Very high comfort" (8), "Highest comfort possible" (9), A ruler is used to quantify the distance (0 mm) between the anchor and the mark specified by the client on the NVRC scale.
Time frame: Baseline, within procedure time
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