Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Nursing Intervention Program in Reducing Anxiety in Users Who Perform Scheduled Sessions in the Hyperbaric Chamber

Universitat de Girona

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Anxiety and Fear; Nurse's Role

Treatments: Behavioral: Intervention group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06436079

44519 ANSIETAT UMH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this experimental study is to determine if the application of a nursing educational intervention reduces the anxiety of patients who are going to undergo treatment in the hyperbaric chamber.

The researchers will compare the nursing educational intervention with the usual practice that is currently carried out in the unit for patients who are going to begin treatment in the hyperbaric chamber.

Participants will:

• Receive explanatory information through a camera triptych when the treatment is indicated.
• Come half an hour before the first session to receive a nursing educational intervention, with audiovisual support, on the operation of the camera.

Full description

The objective of this experimental study is to determine if the application of a nursing educational intervention reduces the anxiety of patients who are going to undergo treatment in the hyperbaric chamber.

An educational intervention will be applied to the intervention group that will begin on the same day that the treatment is indicated. That day, you will be given an informative brochure about the most important aspects you should know about the hyperbaric chamber. On the first day of the session, you will be asked to come half an hour early to explain, in more detail, what the hyperbaric chamber consists of and important aspects that you should take into account.

The control group will receive the same intervention that is currently being carried out. Once treatment is prescribed in the chamber, they come on the first day and receive a brief explanation of how it works before entering.

Enrollment: 42 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Results in the Pfeiffer questionnaire<2.
• That they understand Spanish or Catalan

Exclusion criteria

• That feel fear inside the hyperbaric chamber.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Audiovisual educational program on treatment in a hyperbaric chamber

Experimental group

Description:

The experimental group will receive a nursing educational intervention with an explanation, with audiovisual support, of the operation of the hyperbaric chamber.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention group

Usual intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will undergo the same procedure that is currently carried out, some basic explanations before entering the hyperbaric chamber.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intervention group