Digital Videos Disc and Printed Guidelines and Improve the Knowledge of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT01720121
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Brief Summary

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

* printed,

* digital video disc (DVD)

* conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Detailed Description

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

* guidelines printed, (GOI) with informative material

* guidelines through a digital video disc (GDVD) six minutes

* conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-04
• Primary Completion: 2009-07
• Study Completion: 2009-10
• Status Verified: 2012-10
• Study First Submitted: 2012-10-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-10-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-10-31
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-02
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing the procedure were included, with age equal or superior to 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• patients who had already undergone previous procedures similar severe comorbidities, illiterate and who came to the facility to urgently

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
improvement of knowledge about the procedure after orientation	four months