Clinical trial NCT01718002: Effect of the Use of Simulation (Video) on the Oral Hygiene
Official title: Effect of the Use of Simulation (Video) on the Oral Hygiene of People Undergoing Chemotherapy
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: "Hematologic Diseases"
Keywords: Nursing
Simulation
Education
Lead sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-10-31
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The care of the oral cavity is an important way to prevent local and systemic infections. This study aimed to: evaluate the use of video as a teaching strategy of oral hygiene for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The methodological design used was quasi-experimental before-after intervention. The sample consisted of 23 subjects who performed the technique of oral hygiene before and after watching an educational video. To do so was given a kit with a toothbrush with soft bristles, toothpaste with low abrasivity, mouthwash or product to mouthwash and dental floss for oral hygiene. For data analysis we applied the parametric test t "Student" paired.

Detailed description: General Purpose Evaluating the use of video as a teaching strategy of oral hygiene for patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Specific Objectives Assess the steps taken by the subjects to oral hygiene before (initial performance) and after (final performance) exposure to an educational video on oral hygiene; To investigate the effect of an educational video on oral hygiene in this clientele; Identify patient acceptance of the teaching method employed.

Methods and Procedures Delineation The research was quasi-experimental in nature, before-after intervention (the intervention in this study was the teaching learning strategy employed used an educational video on oral hygiene.) Patients will be evaluated individually, before and after exposure to video. It is not foreseen monitoring at other times.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Physical conditions for self-care during the oral hygiene;
* Score less than or equal to three according to scale performance general condition was drafted and approved by the American Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG)
* Accept oral diet
* Lack of nasal catheter or probe nasogastric and nasoenteric
* Present platelet counts \> 20,000 mm3
* Neutrophils \> 1,000 mm3
* Absence of pathologies or buccal devices which prevent attainment the procedure
* The presence of teeth

Primary outcomes:
measure: Video as a teaching strategy
timeFrame: 18/11/2011 to 30/06/2012
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Oral hygiene before (initial performance) and after (final performance) exposure to an educational
timeFrame: 18/11/2011 to 30/06/2012
measure: Effect of an educational video
timeFrame: 18/11/2011 to 30/06/2012
measure: Acceptance of the teaching method
timeFrame: 18/11/2011 to 30/06/2012
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ribeirão Preto
country: Brazil
facility: Emilia Campos de Carvalho
state: São Paulo
Study officials:
affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo - EERP-USP
name: Emilia C Carvalho
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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