The Effects Of Discharge Education Program On Recovery And Quality Of Life After Cardiac Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study aims to build a new discharge education, booklet and mobile application based, and assess it's efffects on recovery and quality of life in cardiac surgery patients. This is a randomised control trial. 12 weeks follow up will be done by phone calls.

Detailed Description
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Patients following cardiac surgery will be part of the study. Patients will be randomized in control and case groups. Control group receive standart discharge eduation from the nurses of the hospital, they will be interviewed by the researcher to gather general information and also information about recovery and quality of life. Case group will be given a discharge education by the researcher before discharge. After education patients will be given a booklet and a mobile application with the neccasary discharge information. Both groups will be followed for 12 weeks by monthly phone calls. In the last call recovery and quality of life will be reassesed.

Official Title
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The Effects Of Discharge Education Program On Recovery And Quality Of Life After Cardiac Surgery

Conditions
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Cardiac Surgery, Heart Surgery, Discharge Education, Nursing, Telenursing, m-Health, Quality of Life, Recovery

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Discharge education


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: To agree to participate in the research, Open heart surgery patients Being 18 years or older, Being able to read, write, understand and communicate in Turkish, No vision, hearing and perception problems, Being conscious, oriented, cooperative and open to communication. Exclusion Criteria: • Having surgery other than open heart surgery

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: same follow up time
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: case group<br>Recieving additional discharge education by the researcher and supported by a booklet and mobile app | Other: Discharge education<br>* Researcher's newly prepared discharge education supported by a booklet and mobile app<br>|
| Active Comparator: control group<br>Recieving standart hoapital discharge education | Other: Discharge education<br>* Researcher's newly prepared discharge education supported by a booklet and mobile app<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Recovery status after cardiac surgery | Recovery -40 Questionnaire mesure recovery status before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge | 12 weeks | 
| Quality of Life after cardiac surgery | Multidimensional Index of Life Quality questionnaire to mesure QoL before discharge and 12 weeks after discharge | 12 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Cardiac Surgery, Heart Surgery, Discharge Education, Nursing, Telenursing, m-Health, Quality of Life, Recovery