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Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery

NCT06531928 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-01-09

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Summary

Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of the anxiety may be related to fear and anxiety about the pain caused by the upcoming chest tube removal procedure, or it may be the words they have heard from other patients who have had this experience before. There are a limited number of studies in the literature on anxiety that may occur in patients due to chest tube withdrawal. In addition, studies in the literature did not focus on whether there was a difference between pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anxiety levels before and after the procedure and the pain levels felt in the patients due to the procedure due to chest tube withdrawal in patients who underwent VATS. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. If a correlation is detected, the importance of pre-procedural anxiety management will be better understood, the necessity of interventions such as psychological and pharmacological treatment for anxiety will come to the fore, and new research on this subject will be needed.

Conditions

  • Chest Tube Withdrawal
  • Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

chest tube withdrawal

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels in Thoracic Surgery Cases Performed with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-08-15
Primary Completion
2025-06-15
Completion
2025-07-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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