The effect of the familiarizing the patient and family members with the cardiac intensive care unit environment on their perception of stress

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Stress caused in cardiac intensive unit environment for patient and family member.

• Registration Number: IRCT20180228038902N1
• Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 16 July 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Patient's inclusion criteria: Complete consciousness and lack of sensory disorders; Lack of severe forms of anxiety problems; Speaking in Farsi language; No history of hospitalization in ICU; No employment in the healthcare team. Family member inclusion criteria: 18 to 65 years old; Being relative with patient; No employment in the healthcare team; no caregiver of another patient; Speaking in Farsi language; No history of hospitalization in ICU.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient exclusion criteria: Unwilling to participate in the study; Death; Discharge or transfer from cardiac intensive care unit earlier than three days; Inability to cooperate in the study due to his or her bad heath status. Family member exclusion criteria: Unwilling to participate in the study; Causing disorder in the care unit; Causing disorder in health care program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stress perception. Timepoint: Before familiarizing program, first 24 hours of hospitalization and 72 hours after hospitalization. Method of measurement: Questionnaire score.