Effect of digital storytelling on sleep quality and anxiety of patients with pituitary adenoma candidated for transesphenoidal surgery

Not Applicable

Conditions: Pituitary adenoma.
Benign neoplasm of pituitary gland
D35.2

Registration Number: IRCT20191027045257N4

Lead Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Suffering from Benign pituitary adenoma that has been confirmed through diagnostic methods and examinations by a specialist doctor.
18 to 60 aging
Not suffering from intellectual disability and learning disorders
Consciousness level with Glascow coma scale 15
Accessing and working with social networks or e-mail, working with electronic devices and the permission of the attending physician to use them
The absence of nausea in patients

Exclusion Criteria

Patients' loss of consciousness (GCS less than 15) during hospitalization after surgery
Getting meningitis or infection after surgery
patient's death
The patient's unwillingness to participate in the study and continue to participate in it
Occurrence of apoplexy or bleeding after surgery
Nausea and severe headache for the patient

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety. Timepoint: Before the surgery, one day after entering the post-surgery department and when symptoms have stabilized, three weeks later when going to the clinic for a follow-up visit. Method of measurement: STAI questionnaire for anxiety.;Sleep Quality. Timepoint: Before the surgery, one day after entering the post-surgery department and when symptoms have stabilized, three weeks later when going to the clinic for a follow-up visit. Method of measurement: PSQI questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures