Use of Illustrated Material in Communication With the Patient in the Mechanical Ventilator

Overview

This study was carried out to determine the effect of the use of communication material on the anxiety and comfort of the patient in communication with patients receiving mechanical ventilators.As a result, the use of communication material reduces anxiety and increases patient satisfaction and comfort level. In communicating with intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilator therapy, the use of illustrated communication material is recommended.

Full Title of Study: “The Effect of Using Illustrated Communication Material on Anxiety and Comfort in Communication With Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilator: Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: April 20, 2017

Detailed Description

The use ofcommunication material in communication with patients receiving mechanical ventilator support increases patient satisfaction and reduces communication difficulties. However, there was no randomized controlled clinical study showing the effect of the use of these materials on patient care outcomes such as anxiety and comfort level.Patients were randomly assigned to the control groups using illustrated communication material and intervention and routine communication methods. The research was carried out in three stages: preoperative, intensive care and one day after surgery. The primary outcomes of the study were pain, anxiety and comfort levels of the patients. Secondary outcomes were the patients' satisfaction with hemodynamic parameters and communication method.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: illustrated communication material
    • Illustrated communication material was introduced to the patients in the intervention group. In the process (intensive care) that patients received mechanical ventilation support after the operation, agitation and sedation levels were monitored by the intensive care nurse who was to communicate with the patient using the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS). According to this scale, having minimum -2 and maximum +2 points was accepted as the starting criteria for communication (Sessler et al., 2002). Communication was established with the illustrated communication material.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: intervention group
    • In the intervention group, communication was established with the illustrated communication material. The pain, anxiety scores, and hemodynamic data of the patients were recorded by the intensive care nurse in three consecutive measurements starting with the first communication (0th minute) and at 30th and 60th minutes. On the first postoperative day, the satisfaction of the communication established with them, as well as their evaluations regarding the adequacy of this communication and their comfort levels were determined during the time they received mechanical ventilation therapy.
  • No Intervention: control group
    • no intervention

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • change of anxiety over time
    • Time Frame: The anxiety scores were recorded by the intensive care nurse in three consecutive measurements starting with the first communication (0th minute) and at 30th and 60th minutes
    • it was measured by using the Faces Anxiety Scale
  • comfort level
    • Time Frame: 1 day after surgery
    • Postoperative comfort levels of the patients were determined by the Early Postoperative Comfort Scale.The highest total score that can be obtained from the scale is 144, and the lowest total score is 24. High scores show that comfort is good, and low scores show that comfort is depraved

Secondary Measures

  • hemodynamic data
    • Time Frame: Hemodynamic data were recorded through the patient monitor by intensive care nurses in three consecutive measurements starting with the first communication (0th minute) and at 30th and 60th minutes
    • hemodynamic data are systolic and diastolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiration rate, and peripheral oxygen
  • communication satisfaction and adequacy of communication techniqu, change of pain over time
    • Time Frame: Pain data were recorded as 30th and 60th minutes, starting from the first communication (0th minute) in mechanical ventilation. Satisfaction and adequacy of communication were evaluated an average of 24 hours after surgery
    • It is stated that numerical scales have been adopted more in clinical practice because they are useful in facilitating the definition of pain intensity, facilitating scoring and recording, and evaluating ceiling and floor effects. “The Numerical Evaluation Scale” was used to determine the pain levels of patients and to evaluate their satisfaction with the communication method used and the adequacy of the method

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

1. Having undergone cardiac surgery 2. Being applied mechanical ventilator therapy 3. Being 18 or over 4. To have scored minimum 2 to maximum 2 from Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) 5. Agree to participate in the research. Exclusion Criteria:

1. not knowing Turkish 2. Having vision and hearing loss, 3. Having a cognitive or psychological problem that prevents them from communicating. 4. Having an intubation experience before 5. Bleeding, etc. in the early postoperative period. industrial development such as undergoing revision surgery or needing additional sedation,

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 65 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Bircan Kolcak, Principal Investigator – Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi
  • Overall Official(s)
    • bircan kolcak, lecturer, Principal Investigator, University of Health Sciences, Gulhane Faculty of Nursing, Ankara, Turkey

Citations Reporting on Results

Wang Y, Li H, Zou H, Li Y. Analysis of Complaints from Patients During Mechanical Ventilation After Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Aug;29(4):990-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.01.036. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

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