Pictographic Education Handout on Tracheostomy Care
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Literacy
- Interventions
- Other: Pictographic tracheostomy care handouts
- Registration Number
- NCT05176236
- Lead Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
- Brief Summary
The goal of the study is to address the clinical problem of poor education outcome from the current practice of teaching tracheostomy care by providing them with a pictographic education handout to assist their learning. The study seeks to establish face validity and preliminary efficacy of a pictographic education handout with patients and identify factors associated with lower self-efficacy level on tracheostomy care.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years of age or older
- Had a tracheostomy as part of head and neck cancer treatment, and who is not on mechanical ventilation
- His or her date of the related tracheostomy surgery was within the past 6 months
- Have received the discharge tracheostomy care education from the clinical nurse
Exclusion Criteria
- Documented major physical or cognitive disabilities that would limit the ability to give informed consent or answer survey questions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Pictographic group Pictographic tracheostomy care handouts Participants received the pictographic handouts on tracheostomy care
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Author-developed self-efficacy on tracheostomy care scale immediately after consenting and post intervention (up to 2 weeks) on study survey Participants' self-reported confidence on tracheostomy care from 0 to 10 (0="not confident", 10="very confident")
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States