The Effect of a Postoperative Education Programme Based on Swanson's Theory of Caring on the Self-management Behavioural Competence of Elderly Enterostomal Patients

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Education; Enterostomy; Self-management; Elderly
• Interventions: Behavioral: self-management education program

• Registration Number: NCT06392646
• Lead Sponsor: Wuxi No. 2 People's Hospital

Brief Summary

The purpose of this intervention study was to understand the impact of a self-management education program on self-management skills, quality of life, and caregiver burden in older patients with enterostomies. It aims to answer the main question of whether a self-management education program can improve self-management skills, quality of life, and reduce family caregiver burden in elderly patients with enterostomies.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-01-20
• Study First Submitted: 2024-04-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-04-25
• Study First Posted: 2024-04-30
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-30
• Primary Completion: 2024-12
• Study Completion: 2025-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• age ≥60 years
• first enterostomy surgery
• informed consent to voluntarily participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• verbal communication disorder; cognitive dysfunction or history of mental illness;
• visual and manual mobility impairment unable to perform stoma care operations.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
self-management education program	self-management education program	Intervention in accordance with the constructed self-management education program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
self-management	during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month	Self-management behavior questionnaire for patients with enterostomies. The questionnaire has a total score of 40-200, with higher scores being associated with better stoma self-management behaviours.
the quality of life	during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month	City of Hope Quality of Life-ostomy Questionaire, COH-QOL-OQ. The scale has a total score of 0-320, with higher scores being associated with higher quality of life.
Caregiver burden	during hospitalization, approximately 5 days and post-discharge, 1month	Zarit Burden Interview,ZBI. The scale is scored on a total scale of 0-88, with the higher the score, the higher the burden on the carer.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yan Xue; 🇨🇳 Wuxi, Jiangsu, China