THE EFFECTS OF SELF-MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAM ON SELECTED OUTCOMES AMONG CAREGIVERS AND OLDER PATIENTS UNDERGOING OUTPATIENT COLONOSCOPY AT ENDOSCOPY ROOM SRINAGARIND HOSPITA

Phase 3

Recruiting

• Conditions: bowel preparation for colonoscopy; Aged, Colonoscopy, Cancer, Outpatients

• Registration Number: TCTR20240612006
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Nursing

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-12
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 146

Inclusion Criteria

1) Undergoing colonoscopy by the doctor at the Outpatient Department of a super tertiary hospital, 2) Having the indications for colonoscopy, including colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer, having fecal immunochemical test positive, having rectal bleeding, constipation, weight loss, or having an abdominal lump and suspected colorectal cancer, 3) Not having a history of abdominal surgery in the past 6 months, 4) Both having and not having a history of colonoscopy, 5) Not having depression symptoms assessed by 2Q. The answer must be No to both questions. However, answering Yes to one or both of the questions means being at risk or likely to have depression that must be evaluated with 9Q. Those with an assessment score of 7 or less have no depression and can participate in this study, 6) Assessing cognitive impairment using the Mini-Cog test with a total score of 5 points: A total score of less than or equal to 3 points is considered to have cognitive impairment. Those with a total score of 4 points or more would be selected, 7) Having caregivers while at home, which may be family members, relatives, or hired caregivers, and 8) Willing to cooperate in this research.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Older patients with contraindications to colonoscopy, including acute diverticulitis, fulminant colitis, and severe ischemic necrosis, 2) Uncontrolled heart, lung, liver, and kidney diseases, and 3) Blood test results not meeting the qualifications, such as platelet count less than 100,000 per 1 microliter of blood and/or hematocrit less than 25% and/or INR greater than 1.3.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge at the day of colonoscopy The colonoscopy knowledge test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Practice At the day of colonoscopy The bowel preparation compliance questionnaire,Adverse events Three days of bowel preparation The adverse events during bowel preparation questionnaire,Satisfaction At the day of colonoscopy The older patients' satisfaction questionnaire,The bowel cleanliness During colonoscopy The Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS)