The Effect of Education Given Before Port Catheter Infusion on Infusion Related Symptoms

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT07002190

Karadeniz Technical University64 enrolled

Overview

Pain, anxiety, anxiety and changes in vital signs are observed in patients during needle insertion into the port catheter.Patients and their relatives should be informed by nurses to eliminate these problems and to provide more comfortable infusion to patients.However, studies on the care process for the symptoms that occur before port catheter infusion are limited in the literature.The thesis study planned for this purpose will be carried out to determine the effect of the training given before port catheter infusion on infusion-related symptoms.The research will be conducted as pretest-posttest, randomised controlled.Oncology-Hematology Services and Chemotherapy Unit of Karadeniz Technical University Farabi Hospital.The sample of the study will be determined by simple randomisation method and 64 patient will be included in the study.The data of the study will be collected by Patient Descriptive Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale and State and Trait Anxiety Scale, Vital Signs Follow-up Chart.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Port-A-Cath

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Having a port catheter * The patient has no previous experience with a port catheter, * The patient will receive an infusion from a port catheter for the first time, * The patient's age range is between 18-70, * The patient is literate, * Volunteering to participate in the study, * The patient will receive training from the training material for the first time. Exclusion Criteria: * Those with communication, hearing and vision problems, * Those with any psychiatric disorder, * Those who used any analgesic medication at least 8 hours before

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient Identifying Information Form

This form, which was created by the researchers by reviewing the relevant literature, consists of 11 questions evaluating the descriptive characteristics of the patients the number of port catheter needle insertions and the information status about the port catheter.

Time frame: 1 day

Secondary Outcomes

State and Trait Anxiety Scale

The scale, which is in the z-type evaluation type, consists of 2 subscales in the four-point Likert type and a total of 40 items. The answer options collected in four classes in the State Anxiety Scale include the expressions (1) Never, (2) A Little, (3) A Lot, (4) Completely, while the Trait Anxiety Scale includes four classes and includes the expressions (1) Almost never, (2) Sometimes, (3) A Lot, (4) Almost always.

Time frame: 2 day

Symptom chart

This form is used to measure patients' vital signs, pain during the procedure, and anxiety.