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IDEAL Discharge Education Program

NCT07073872 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2025-07-18

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Summary

Background: Patients after laparoscopic abdominal surgery are frequently seen with complications such as pain and infection after discharge, which affects the readmission rate of patients to hospital. It is predicted that these complications will be reduced with IDEAL (Include, Discuss, Educate, Assess, and Listen) discharge education given during discharge and patient satisfaction will increase.

Objectives: The aim of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effect of discharge education prepared in accordance with IDEAL discharge planning recommendations on discharge satisfaction levels and readmission rates in laparoscopy abdominal surgery patients.

Methods: Patients were recruited from an internationally accredited hospital in Kocaeli, Turkey between February and August 2024. This study was conducted on 62 patients (31 in each intervention and control group). Participants in the intervention group received the nurse-led IDEAL Discharge Education Program (IDEP) and the control group received a standard 15-minute face-to-face discharge education the day of discharge day. The IDEP is a nurse-led, structured discharge education program in accordance with IDEAL Discharge Planning that uses the teach-back method. IDEP is an individualized discharge educational program for surgical patients that utilizes the teach-back method and a printed booklet. Data on discharge education satisfaction was measured at day of discharge (T1), and rehospitalization and readmission was assessed at 1-month after discharge (T2). Outcomes were analyzed with Independent Samples t Test and Chi Square.

Conditions

  • Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgeries

Interventions

OTHER

IDEAL Discharge Education Program

Participants in the intervention group received the nurse-led IDEAL Discharge Education Program (IDEP) and the control group received a standard 15-minute face-to-face discharge education the day of discharge day. The IDEP is a nurse-led, structured discharge education program in accordance with IDEAL Discharge Planning that uses the teach-back method. IDEP is an individualized discharge educational program for surgical patients that utilizes the teach-back method and a printed booklet.

OTHER

control group

This group receives routine hospital discharge instructions for 15 minutes on the day of discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kutahya Health Sciences University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Anadolu Medical Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kocaeli University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-12
Primary Completion
2024-08-08
Completion
2024-09-08

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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