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Preoperative Educational Videos Reduce Maternal Anxiety Whose Children Received Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Surgery
Maternal Depression
Maternal Anxiety
Congenital Heart Disease in Children
Educational Videos
Interventions
Other: Preoperative educational videos plus routine education
Other: Preoperative routine education
Registration Number
NCT04966312
Lead Sponsor
Chung Shan Medical University Hospital
Brief Summary

To examine if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' anxiety more after education, and until the day of discharge. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' anxiety more on the discharge day if their child had surgical or post-surgical complications.

Detailed Description

Aims and objectives: To examine if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur.

Background: Mothers experience anxiety and depression if their children undergo conditions mentioned above.

Design: A randomized control-group pretest-posttest design. The CONSORT checklist is used.

Methods: In a teaching hospital, 120 mothers whose children underwent first elective surgery for congenital heart disease were randomly divided into group 1: 60 mothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before surgery; and group 2: 60 mothers receiving routine education. Between groups, mothers' anxiety and depression levels were compared (1) before education, (2) after education (before surgery) and (3) on the discharge day. Among mothers whose children had surgical or post-surgical complications, the effect of watching the digital video disk on anxiety and depression at discharge day was evaluated.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • Mothers, whose children underwent first elective cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease
  • Mothers should have been the primary caregivers
  • Mothers able to communicate effectively, either orally or in writing
Exclusion Criteria
  • Mothers of children with genetic disorders
  • Mothers of children with non-cardiac congenital anomalies
  • Mothers of children with diseases such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, psychiatric diseases, and * * Mothers of children with chronic lung diseases

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
study groupPreoperative educational videos plus routine educationmothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before surgery
control groupPreoperative routine educationmothers receiving routine education
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The change of Mother's anxietyday 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)

The number scores of mother's anxiety between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to evaluate the number scores of anxiety.

The change of Mother's depressionday 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)

The number scores of mother's depression between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to evaluate the number scores of depression.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital

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Taichung, Taiwan

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