Preoperative Educational Videos on Maternal Stress Whose Children Received Congenital Heart Disease Surgery: During COVID-19 Panic

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Completed

• Conditions: Maternal; Uncertainty; Children; COVID-19; Educational Videos; Depression; Congenital Heart Disease; Anxiety
• Interventions: Other: Preoperative routine education; Other: Preoperative educational videos plus routine education

• Registration Number: NCT06107491
• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Brief Summary

During COVID-19 panic, we examined if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal uncertainty, anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' uncertainty and anxiety more after education, and until the day of discharge. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' uncertainty and anxiety more on the discharge day if their child had surgical or post-surgical complications.

Detailed Description

Aims and objectives: During COVID-19 panic, we examined if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal uncertainty, anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur.

Background: Mothers experience uncertainty, anxiety and depression if their children undergo conditions mentioned above. Such stress would be more during COVID-19 panic. Design: A randomized control-group pretest-posttest design. The CONSORT checklist is used. Methods: During COVID-19 panic, in a teaching hospital, 120 mothers whose children underwent first elective surgery for congenital heart disease were randomly divided into group 1: 60 mothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before surgery; and group 2: 60 mothers receiving routine education. Between groups, mothers' uncertainty, anxiety and depression levels were compared (1) before education, (2) after education (before surgery) and (3) on the discharge day. Among mothers whose children had surgical or post-surgical complications, the effect of watching the digital video disk on uncertainty, anxiety and depression at discharge day was evaluated.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-03
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study Completion: 2023-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Mothers, whose children underwent first elective cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease
• Mothers should have been the primary caregivers
• Mothers able to communicate effectively, either orally or in writing

Exclusion Criteria

• Mothers of children with genetic disorders
• Mothers of children with non-cardiac congenital anomalies
• Mothers of children with diseases such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, psychiatric diseases, and * * Mothers of children with chronic lung diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	Preoperative routine education	mothers receiving routine education
study group	Preoperative educational videos plus routine education	mothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before surgery

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The change of Mother's anxiety	day 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)	The number scores of mother's anxiety between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.; Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to evaluate the number scores of anxiety.
The change of Mother's depression	day 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)	The number scores of mother's depression between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.; Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to evaluate the number scores of depression.
The change of Mother's uncertainty	day 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)	The number scores of mother's uncertainty between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.; Mishel's Parent Perceptions of Uncertainty Scale (PPUS) was used to evaluate the number scores of uncertainty.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital.; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan