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Nurse Empathic Behaviour to Reduce the Fear in Patients of Preoperative Cardiac Surgery

NCT02156284 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2014-06-06

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Summary

The objective was to compare the frequency and intensity of symptoms of fear in patients of preoperative cardiac surgery who received empathic behaviour from nurse or those who received no specific type of empathic behaviour. This is a randomized clinical trial. The sample consisted of 44 patients in preoperative of cardiac surgery, who were divided in two groups: empathic behaviour by nurses and without specific empathic behaviour. Fear was assessed at two time points: before and after the intervention. The instrument used was developed and validated, comprising 15 defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis fear. The hypothesis is that the group who received empathic behaviour from nurse will reduce the anxiety.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empathic behaviour by nurses

Control group: patients without specific empathic behaviour Intervention group: patients who received the empathic behaviour was performed by a trained nurse.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juliana S Jurko · Federal University of São Paulo

  • Alba Lucia B L Barros, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo

  • Juliana L Lopes, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo

  • Cinthia C Assis, PhD · Federal University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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