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Effect of Postoperative Telehealth Counseling on Recovery and Self-Care in Geriatric Day Surgery Patients

NCT06892769 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2025-03-25

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Summary

This study was planned as a randomized controlled experimental study to evaluate the effect of postoperative telehealth counseling on patient outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing day surgery.

Hypotheses of the Study H11: In geriatric patients undergoing day surgery, the postoperative self-care power of the intervention group receiving postoperative telehealth counseling is higher than the control group not receiving counseling.

H12: In geriatric patients undergoing day surgery, the postoperative recovery status of the intervention group receiving postoperative telehealth counseling is higher than that of the control group not receiving counseling.

Inclusion Criteria;

* 65 years of age or older,
* Having undergone day surgery (appendectomy, hernia operations, biopsy procedures, cholecystectomy...)
* No communication problems (no vision and hearing problems),
* No mental problems,
* Being able to communicate by telephone (by the patient or relative),
* Volunteering to participate in the study,
* Having at most two chronic diseases (Diabetes and Hypertension).

Exclusion Criteria;

* Surgery in emergency conditions,
* developed complications during the case

Conditions

  • Geriatric Patient Care Improvement

Interventions

OTHER

telehealth counseling

Patients in the intervention group will be called every week (for 4 weeks) and will be trained in line with the determined guide and scales will be filled.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi

    collaborator OTHER

  • TC Erciyes University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-15
Primary Completion
2025-11-15
Completion
2025-12-15

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