Clinical trial NCT05446844: A Nurse Caring Behavior Protocol on Postoperative Cardiac Patient Satisfaction
Official title: Impact of Implementing a Nurse Caring Behavior Protocol on Postoperative Cardiac Patient Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nurse-Patient Relations
Patient Satisfaction
Caring
Keywords: Cardiac patient
Nurse caring behaviors
Satisfaction
Lead sponsor: Alexandria University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-07
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: the study aimed to evaluate the impact of implementing a nurse caring behavior (NCB) protocol on postoperative cardiac patient satisfaction.

Detailed description: Critical care nurses need to comply with caring behaviors when caring for postoperative cardiac patients. Furthermore, patient satisfaction is a key indicator of nursing care quality. As such, this study focused on these critical issues considering the limited research available on the impact of caring behaviors on postoperative cardiac patient satisfaction. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of implementing a nurse caring behavior protocol on postoperative cardiac patient satisfaction. The study was conducted at a cardiac surgery intensive care unit of Alexandria Main University Hospital, Egypt. Sixty adults, conscious cardiac surgery patients, were included during the first 2 days following surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to either a control group, which received routine nursing care, or a protocol group, which received nursing care based on nurse care behaviors protocol through a simple randomization method. One tool was used "Postoperative Cardiac Patient Satisfaction with Nurse Caring Behaviors Evaluation Questionnaire". At the end of the second day, patients were asked regarding their satisfaction with the nursing care received based on caring behaviors. These nursing care included intensive care unit admission and orientation processes, physical care, psychological care, and social interaction between patient and nurse, providing health teaching, and maintaining a safe healing environment.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Underwent cardiac surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unstable hemodynamics (systolic blood pressure less than 90).
* Uncontrolled dysrhythmias.
* Hemorrhage.
* Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
* Chronic respiratory diseases.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient satisfaction with Intensive care unit admission and orientation processes based on caring behaviors questionnaire:
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
measure: Patient satisfaction with physical care based on caring behaviors questionnaire:
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
measure: Patient satisfaction with psychological care based on caring behaviors questionnaire.
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
measure: Patient satisfaction with social interaction based on caring behaviors questionnaire.
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
measure: Patient satisfaction with health teaching based on caring behaviors questionnaire.
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
measure: Patient satisfaction with maintaining a safe healing environment based on caring behaviors questionnaire
timeFrame: At the end of the second postoperative day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Alexandria
country: Egypt
facility: Alexandria University
Study officials:
affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University
name: Alexandria University
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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