Clinical trial NCT07012681: Investigation of the Effects of Discharge Education Strategies on Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities in Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery.
Official title: Investigation of the Effects of Discharge Education Strategies on Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities in Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery. This Study Was Designed as a Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine the Most Effective Method Verbal Education or a Combination of Verbal Education and Written Brochure Educationon the Quality of Life and Daily Living Activities of Patients Who Have Undergone Intracranial Surgery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intracranial Surgery
Keywords: Patient discharge management
Lead sponsor: Bahçeşehir University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-10
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Arm 1: Oral Training Group Arm 2: Oral and Written Brochure training Group
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: It was planned to provide education using verbal education or verbal and picture-text brochure method as a discharge education strategy for patients who underwent intracranial surgery. In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Detailed description: In this study, it was planned to provide education to patients who underwent intracranial surgery by using verbal education or verbal and pictorial brochure methods as a discharge education strategy. The evaluation of the effect of this education, which includes content on skin wound care, nutrition, drainage, exercise, medication management and seizures, on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients In this context, it was aimed to compare the effects of two discharge education strategies used in the discharge education of patients who underwent intracranial surgery on the quality of life and daily living activities of the patients.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet all of the following criteria:

* Have undergone intracranial surgery
* Voluntarily agree to participate in the study
* Be between 18 and 75 years of age
* Be literate and speak Turkish
* Be open to communication and cooperation
* Be mentally healthy
* Have no visual, hearing, or speech impairments

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study if they meet any of the following:

* Refuse to participate in the study
* Are not native Turkish speakers
* Are illiterate
* Have visual, hearing, or speech impairments
* Have a diagnosed psychological disorder
* Have been diagnosed with dementia or Alzheimer's disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: quality of life scale and activities of daily living scale
timeFrame: Assessed for 1 month after hospital discharge
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İstanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
state: Sultangazi
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