Implementation of the Nurse Navigation Program

Completed

• Conditions: Intestinal Cancer
• Interventions: Behavioral: implementation of the nurse navigation program

• Registration Number: NCT05809661
• Lead Sponsor: Kilis 7 Aralik University

Brief Summary

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study with repetitive measurements in a pretest-posttest order to examine the effect of nurse navigation program on compliance, quality of life and prevention of complications in patients with intestinal stoma. The study was completed with 30 experimental and 28 control group patients with intestinal stoma in six hospitals, two of which are training and research hospitals, located in Gaziantep city center, between January 1 and December 31, 2021. While counseling, remote support, written and visual trainings, informative messages, phone calls, and appointment scheduling were applied to the patients in the experimental group within the scope of the nurse navigation program, the patients in the control group received standard care

Detailed Description

This study was conducted as a randomized controlled intervention study with repetitive measurements in a pretest-posttest order to examine the effect of nurse navigation program on compliance, quality of life and prevention of complications in patients with intestinal stoma. The study was completed with 30 experimental and 28 control group patients with intestinal stoma in six hospitals, two of which are training and research hospitals, located in Gaziantep city center, between January 1 and December 31, 2021. While counseling, remote support, written and visual trainings, informative messages, phone calls, and appointment scheduling were applied to the patients in the experimental group within the scope of the nurse navigation program, the patients in the control group received standard care. The patients were evaluated using the Patient Information Form, Stoma Complications Evaluation Form, Stoma-Related Problems Experienced Form, Ostomy Compliance Scale, and Stoma Quality of Life Scale at the first interview, at the third and sixth months.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-31
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2023-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

with intestinal stoma

• Having no mental handicap or perception problems and no communication difficulties
• No psychiatric disease
• 18 years old and over
• literate
• Capable of using a smartphone
• No vision and hearing problems
• Those who have the physical ability to change the stoma bag themselves.
• Patients with intestinal stoma for a maximum of two months were included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• After agreeing to participate in the research, wanting to leave,

  • Those who died during the research process,
  • The stoma was closed during the research process,
  • Patients whose communication could not be maintained during the research process

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
deney grubu	implementation of the nurse navigation program	adult patients with intestinal stoma: The first interview: the patients were informed about the purpose of the study and signed informed consent form. The training booklet was delivered to them. Their contact information was obtained and the contact information of the researcher (navigator nurse) was shared with them. They were told that they could call the navigator nurse, send a message to him/her, take a photo of the stoma and share it with his/her when necessary, when they had physical, social, and psychological problems in the stoma or in line with their changing needs. In the next 3 months, they were informed about the applications to be made within the scope of the study (phone calls, information messages and videos, guidance and appointment planning). Appointment was scheduled for the next interview in 3 months. .

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
stoma compliance	6 month	stoma compliance scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
life quality	6 month	quality of life scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi; 🇹🇷 Kilis, Turkey