Clinical trial NCT02768428: Effectiveness of Knowledge by Video and Handbook of Liver Cancer Patients With First Trans-arterial Chemoembolization
Official title: Effectiveness of Knowledge by Video and Handbook to Measure Knowledge of Liver Cancer Patients With First Trans-arterial Chemoembolization (TACE)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cancer
Keywords: Knowledge [K01.468]
Video-Audio Media [V01.255.500]
Handbooks [V02.520]
Lead sponsor: Chulabhorn Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-05-11
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: Objective: To compare the effectiveness between Video and Handbook on providing knowledge of TACE.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Detailed description: Background : Liver cancer is a serious disease with a high death rate. One of the treatment modalities for liver cancer is TACE. Patients always scare of the first TACE due to their lack of knowledge and inadequate comprehension of the procedure. Hence, they crave to have a good quality in nursing service. Researcher would like to compare the effectiveness knowledge between Video and Handbook regarding patients' health education.

Objective: To compare the effectiveness between Video and Handbook on providing knowledge of TACE.

Study Design: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial.

Setting: Chulabhorn Hospital, Bangkok, THAILAND.

Methods : Eighty liver cancer patients are included in the study. They are systematically computerized and randomized into two groups - an experiment or video group (N 40) and a control or Handbook group (N = 40). A 40-item exam is performed to test the patients' knowledge before (x score), after (y score) and 60 days (z score) after the procedure. The 15-min study was taken in an isolated room. The points of interest are the effectiveness of medias on learning achievement and relative growth of knowledge. The relative growth of knowledge (G1, G2 score) was calculated as follows:

G1 = 100 (Y-X)/(F-X) % ; G2 = 100 (Z-X)/(F-X)%

Retention of knowledge (R) = 100 - (G1 - G2) %

Where G = Relative growth of knowledge R = Retention of knowledge X = Pre-test score Y = Post-test score Z = Final-test score F = Total score

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 20 - 75 years
* Willing to participate the study
* 1st TACE
* Can comprehend all information in video or handbook
* No trouble of hearing
* Can complete the 40-item test

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have psychological/mental problems

Primary outcomes:
measure: knowledge about TACE (A 40-item exam is performed to test the patients' knowledge)
timeFrame: 2 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Thailand
country: Thailand
facility: Chulabhorn Hospital
state: Bangkok
Study officials:
affiliation: Chulabhorn Hospital
name: Ruechuta Molek, MNS
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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