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The Anxiety of Parents of Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

NCT01492452 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2011-12-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial. The population consisted of parents of children undergoing cardiac surgery from December 2010 to April 2011. We included parents aged over 18 years, and the following were considered exclusion criteria: inability to understand and/or answer the questions for any reason, parents of children undergoing surgery for insertion of the pacemaker and defibrillator, surgical death and not take up the case. 22 parents in the intervention group were randomized and received standardized guidelines for nursing and 22 parents participated in the control group received the guidelines and routine of the institution. Anxiety was assessed using the STAI State-Trait Inventory in the preoperative period and 48 hours after surgery the child.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

standardized guidelines for nursing

Information was provided regarding the preoperative preparation of the child, the same conditions and in the postoperative period, as well as information relating to housing and food for the parents. The conventional orientation took about 15 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • M A Moraes, Phd · Institute of Cardiology

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-12-31
Primary Completion
2011-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

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