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Use of Illustrated Material in Communication With the Patient in the Mechanical Ventilator

NCT04293913 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-03-03

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Summary

This study was carried out to determine the effect of the use of communication material on the anxiety and comfort of the patient in communication with patients receiving mechanical ventilators.As a result, the use of communication material reduces anxiety and increases patient satisfaction and comfort level. In communicating with intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilator therapy, the use of illustrated communication material is recommended.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

illustrated communication material

Illustrated communication material was introduced to the patients in the intervention group. In the process (intensive care) that patients received mechanical ventilation support after the operation, agitation and sedation levels were monitored by the intensive care nurse who was to communicate with the patient using the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS). According to this scale, having minimum -2 and maximum +2 points was accepted as the starting criteria for communication (Sessler et al., 2002). Communication was established with the illustrated communication material.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • bircan kolcak, lecturer · University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-15
Primary Completion
2017-04-20
Completion
2017-06-15

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