Clinical trial NCT03730493: Effectiveness of a Pictorial Flashcard Regarding Self-care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) on Its Indwelling Time and Related Complications Among Inpatients
Official title: A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Pictorial Flashcard Regarding Self-Care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) on Its Indwelling Time and Related Complications Among Inpatients at ILBS, New Delhi
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Inpatient Facililty Diagnoses
Lead sponsor: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-11-05
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The study title is "A Study to evaluate the Effectiveness of a Pictorial Flashcard regarding Self-Care of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) on its indwelling time and related complications among inpatients at ILBS, New Delhi." and it aim to evaluate the Effectiveness of a Pictorial Flashcard regarding Self-Care of PIVC on its indwelling time and related complications among inpatients.

Detailed description: Objectives of the Study

1. To evaluate the Effectiveness of a Pictorial Flashcard regarding Self-Care of PIVC on its indwelling time and related complications among inpatients.
2. To find out the association between indwelling time of PIVC with selected demographic and clinical variables.
3. To find out the association between PIVC related complications with selected demographic and clinical variables.

Setting of the Study General wards of ILBS, New Delhi

Population Inpatients with PIVC

Sampling Technique Convenient sampling technique.

Data collection Data will be collected from the study subjects as well as from medical records. Subjects were taken from General wards of Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi.

Methodology Research Approach: Quantitative research approach. Research Design: Quasi Experimental Research design (Post-test only comparison group Design) Sample size: 80 (40 in each group), finalize after power analysis

Data Analysis Method Descriptive statistics: Mean, frequency, percentage distribution and Standard Deviation Inferential Statistics: Chi Square, t- test ANOVA, RM-ANOVA and Man-Whitney U test.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

Patients who:

* were conscious \& oriented.
* could understand Hindi or English.
* were between the age group of 18 to 60 years.
* were admitted in general wards and scheduled for PIVC insertion
* received IV infusion and/or medication for at least 3 days (72 hours)

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who:

* were on physical restraints
* were on sedative drugs.
* in whom PIVC was removed for the sole purpose of discharge before 72 hours.
* had short admission period, i.e less than 72 hours

Primary outcomes:
measure: Effectiveness of Pictorial Flashcard on Indwelling time of Peripheral Intravenous Cannula (PIVC) among inpatients.
timeFrame: 72 hours
measure: Adverse events (complications related to PIVC) in both groups.
timeFrame: 72 hours
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New Delhi
country: India
facility: Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
state: Delhi
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