Knowledge Test as a Method of Empowering Patient Education – The Perspective of Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery

Recruiting

• Conditions: Patients who are undergoing elective spine surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis and/or segmental instability; Surgery - Other surgery; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000417987
• Lead Sponsor: MNSc, RN, PhD -Student Jukka Kesanen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patient’s willingness to participate.

2. Nordic procedure codes for spinal surgery: ABC36-, ABC36B, ABC36C, ABC36D, and ABC36E

3. Age of 18 or more, and

4. sufficient of Finnish language

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not contactable by phone,
2. Not able to understand the Finnish language patient
3. Education or complete the questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge level assessed with the KTSSP developed by the reseachers.[T0 baseline (at the outpatient department on average one month prior hospital admission) <br>T1 at the hospital admission<br>T2 the day before discharge<br>T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation];anxiety (tool: Spielberger?s State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults, STAI)[T0 baseline (at the outpatient department on average one month prior hospital admission) <br>T1 at the hospital admission<br>T2 the day before discharge<br>T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain (tool: Visual Analogue Scale)[T0 baseline, <br>T2 the day before discharge<br>T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation];Quality of life (tools: Sickness Impact Profile, SIP and Rand 36-item health survey, RAND-36)[T0 baseline (at the outpatient department on average one month prior hospital admission)<br>T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation];Functional status (tool: Oswestry Disability Index, ODI)[T0 baseline (at the outpatient department on average one month prior hospital admission)<br>T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation];The use of health care services (the number of health care contacts: by telephone, surgery or home visit)[T3 three months after the operation<br>T4 six months after the operation]