Improving Patient Education for Newly Diagnosed Lymphoma and Acute Leukemia Inpatients
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 78
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) Score
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a structured, DVD educational intervention about what to expect during inpatient treatment of a newly diagnosed cancer. The focus of the study will be newly diagnosed lymphoma and acute leukemia patients and their family members. Outcome variables will be the patient and family member's satisfaction with inpatient teaching and anxiety about inpatient treatment.
详细描述
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a structured, DVD educational intervention about what to expect during inpatient treatment of a newly diagnosed cancer. The focus of the study will be newly diagnosed lymphoma and acute leukemia patients and their family members. Outcome variables will be the patient and family member's satisfaction with inpatient teaching and anxiety about inpatient treatment.
The experimental group will watch a DVD educational presentation of information about unit routines and activities; leukemia/lymphoma; treatment modalities and procedures; treatment of side effects; and patient and family members activities of importance to prevent infection and promote well-being during cancer treatment.
Participants in the control group will receive usual educational teaching by their assigned nursing staff.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •For participants admitted for suspect diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma:
- •Admission to the hematology/leukemia unit (6E) at Emory University Hospital with a suspected or actual new diagnosis of leukemia or lymphoma within the past 24 hours
- •English-speaking
- •Completed education to at least the 6th grade level
- •No significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
- •No central nervous system involvement of disease
- •Physiologically stable
- •Not at end of life
- •No alterations in mental status
- •Agrees to family member (family member; significant other; friend) participation in study and to selecting the individual who could participate
- •For Family Members:
- •Willing to view DVD and read education booklet
- •Selected by patient to participate
- •English speaking
- •No significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
- •No alterations in mental status
- •Completed education to at least the 6th grade level
排除标准
- •At end of life
- •Altered mental status
- •Significant auditory or visual deficits with corrective devices
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) Score
时间窗: Post Educational Teaching (Up to 30 minutes)
Overall satisfaction will be measured with the Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS).The QDTS is a 24 item survey to evaluate all of the teaching received by patients during their hospitalization prior to discharge. Each item on the survey is rated on a 0 to 10 numeric scale, with 0 representing an item was not addressed and 10 representing an item addressed a great deal. For each aspect of education or information being evaluated, participant are asked to rate the content of the education, as well as the delivery of the content.
次要结局
- Visual analog scale (VAS) Score(Post Educational Teaching (Up to 30 minutes))
研究者
Christina Peters
Advanced Practitioner
Emory University
