NCT04293913

Use of Illustrated Material in Communication With the Patient in the Mechanical Ventilator

The Effect of Using Illustrated Communication Material on Anxiety and Comfort in Communication With Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilator: Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study was carried out to determine the effect of the use of communication material on the anxiety and comfort of the patient in communication with patients receiving mechanical ventilators.As a result, the use of communication material reduces anxiety and increases patient satisfaction and comfort level. In communicating with intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilator therapy, the use of illustrated communication material is recommended.

Detailed description

The use ofcommunication material in communication with patients receiving mechanical ventilator support increases patient satisfaction and reduces communication difficulties. However, there was no randomized controlled clinical study showing the effect of the use of these materials on patient care outcomes such as anxiety and comfort level.Patients were randomly assigned to the control groups using illustrated communication material and intervention and routine communication methods. The research was carried out in three stages: preoperative, intensive care and one day after surgery. The primary outcomes of the study were pain, anxiety and comfort levels of the patients. Secondary outcomes were the patients' satisfaction with hemodynamic parameters and communication method.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Comfort
• Communication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	illustrated communication material	Illustrated communication material was introduced to the patients in the intervention group. In the process (intensive care) that patients received mechanical ventilation support after the operation, agitation and sedation levels were monitored by the intensive care nurse who was to communicate with the patient using the Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS). According to this scale, having minimum -2 and maximum +2 points was accepted as the starting criteria for communication (Sessler et al., 2002). Communication was established with the illustrated communication material.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-15
• Primary completion: 2017-04-20
• Completion: 2017-06-15
• First posted: 2020-03-03
• Last updated: 2020-03-03