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The impact of Intensive Care Unit Liaison Nurse on Vital Signs and Anxiety of 'Transfer

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Patients transferred from the intensive care unit.
Registration Number
IRCT20100609004129N3
Lead Sponsor
Khoram-Abad University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

The desire to participate in the study
Awareness of time, place and person and answering questionnaire questions
Age 18 and up
Lack of a known history of neurological disease, known anxiety disorder, and malignancy
Lack of previous hospitalization in Intensive Care Unit
History of hospitalization in the intensive care unit for at least 24 hours
Score more than 20 based on Spielberg's anxiety scale

Exclusion Criteria

Sent to another hospital
Unstable hemodynamic status during study
Occurrence of special conditions so that the liaison nurse is not able to manage it
Sudden accident (death, malaise, need for surgery) during the study
Re-admission to the intensive care unit during the study
Lack of willingness to continue working on the study

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Spielberger's Anxiety Score. Timepoint: After receiving the transfer order and immediately after the transfer from the intensive care unit to the general ward. Method of measurement: Spielberger questionnaire.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Score vital signs. Timepoint: After receiving the transfer order and immediately after the transfer from the intensive care unit to the general ward. Method of measurement: The patient's vital signs, including pulse, respiration, blood pressure, body temperature, and arterial oxygen saturation percentage, are recorded in the relevant checklist. To assess blood pressure, the ALPK2 barometer will be used in the supine position. The pulse is counted at the radial artery for 60 seconds. To monitor the patient's respiration rate, the observational fan is used for 60 seconds, the mercury thermometer is used as a subsurface thermometer to control the temperature, and the Wellex pulse oximetry pulse device is used to measure the percentage of arterial oxygen saturation.
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