The Effect of Post-discharge educatıon provıded vıa Tele-nursıng to Elderly patıents
- Conditions
- Tele-Nursing
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Education provided via TeleNursing
- Registration Number
- NCT06257615
- Lead Sponsor
- HASRET YALÇINÖZ BAYSAL
- Brief Summary
Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of post-discharge training given via tele-nursing to elderly patients operated for hip fracture on the quality of life and functional independence levels of the patients.
- Detailed Description
Materials and Methods: This randomized controlled, pretest-posttest, single-center experimental study was conducted in a hospital between August 2022 and April 2023, with 30 patients in the intervention group and 30 patients in the control group. Nursing intervention was administered to the intervention group by three educational online video calls (1st, 2nd and 3rd weeks after discharge), three educational voice phone calls (4th, 5th and 6th weeks after discharge) and It consists of a training booklet with educational content. No intervention was applied to the control group. Research data; It was collected using the Patient Introduction Form, SF-36, FIM. Informed consent was obtained from the patients and caregivers with the permission of the ethics committee and the institution. Data analysis was done using Chi-Square, Independent T-Test and Dependent T-Test.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Being 65 years or older
- Being hospitalized and operated on with a diagnosis of hip fracture as a result of a simple fall/falling from one's own level/osteoporotic fracture
- Being literate
- Not having a visual/hearing disability that would hinder communication.
- Not having a Mental Disorder (According to the statements of the patients)
- Having a primary caregiver aged 18 and over who will cooperate throughout the research,
- Having any of the available technical equipment that allows online calls (Phone, tablet, computer, etc.).
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• Having previously broken a hip and been operated on
- Being bedridden or using walking aids before the current fracture
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Education provided via TeleNursing Education provided via TeleNursing Nursing intervention consists of 3 online video calls with educational content to the intervention group (1st, 2nd and 3rd weeks after discharge), 3 audio phone calls (4th, 5th and 6th weeks after discharge) and an educational booklet.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of Life Scale up to 7 weeks The scale consists of 36 items; 8 sub-dimensions as "physical function, social function, physical role limitation, emotional role limitation, mental health, vitality (energy, liveliness, vitality), pain and general health perception"; It is a multi-headed scale that includes two main dimensions: "physical and mental".Total score is not obtained from the scale. Evaluation is made based on the scores obtained separately for each subscale. The highest score that can be obtained for each question of the scale, 100, indicates good health status and increased health-related quality of life; The lowest score, 0, indicates poor health status and decreased health-related quality of life. The total score of the sub-dimensions is obtained by dividing the sum of the corresponding scores for each question of the scale items by the number of items.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional Independence Scale up to 7 weeks It determines the individual's degree of independence in physical and cognitive activities. The Functional Independence Scale consists of 18 items and measures in 2 areas: physical (motor) and cognitive.While physical function has 13 items, cognitive function domain has 5 items. Each item is evaluated between 1 and 7 points, with 1 point indicating complete dependence and 7 points indicating complete independence.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Ataturk University
🇹🇷Erzurum, Turkey