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The Effect of Mobile-Based Education on Postoperative Recovery and Quality of Life in Thyroidectomy Patients

NCT06383481 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2024-04-26

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Summary

Thyroid diseases constitute one of the most common health problems around the world and in our country. In its treatment; Drug therapy, radioactive iodine therapy and surgical treatment can be applied alone or together. Advances in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases have led to an increase in the number of thyroidectomies. When there are no complications after thyroidectomy, patients are discharged from the hospital on the day of surgery or are hospitalized for only a few days. In this context, since technical care is given priority, discharge training remains incomplete.

Patients who have had thyroidectomy are discharged within 1-2 days after surgery if no problems occur. For this reason, patient education provided by health professionals and especially nurses may be insufficient. Post-discharge patient education in surgical services can sometimes be ignored, and it is noteworthy that this situation is not given importance due to the busy nature of surgical services. Although short hospital stays after surgery are beneficial in many ways, it increases the need for patient education.

In this study, a mobile application that covers the entire perioperative process and includes education will be developed for patients undergoing thyroidectomy. This developed mobile application aims to manage post-operative problems such as neck pain and discomfort and voice changes experienced by patients, and to improve post-operative recovery, voice quality and, accordingly, quality of life. In this context, it is believed that even in cases where patients cannot access health care professionals, their educational needs will be met, problem management will be provided with applications for the problems they experience, and accordingly, their post-operative recovery, voice and quality of life will increase, starting from the hospital before the surgery until the end of the recovery period, including the home care process after discharge.When the literature on the subject is examined, studies involving education in patients with thyroidectomy are limited. However, no studies have been found on mobile health applications that include training to reduce neck pain and discomfort experienced by thyroidectomy patients, ensure postoperative recovery, and improve voice quality and quality of life.

Conditions

  • Thyroid Diseases
  • Healthy Lifestyle
  • Thyroid

Interventions

OTHER

Mobile based education

Control Group Patients in the control group will be provided with standard patient care and information. No application will be made. Experimental group The mobile application will be downloaded to the phones of patients who can use the mobile application. The mobile application will be available to the patient. Patients will be informed about daily monitoring of the mobile application, following the training steps, and that they can reach the researcher with consultancy services whenever they need. The mobile application will be made available to patients within a 12-week period and patient follow-up will be provided.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ataturk University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-22
Primary Completion
2025-04-22
Completion
2025-08-22

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