Face to Face vs. Group Training Methods on Pulse Rate Taking in Patients With Cardiovascular Diseases.

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Arrythmia

Treatments: Other: Group training; Other: Face-to-face training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01988064

sbcvrc-106-1014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of group training using a tutorial film and one-to-one face-to-face training in calculating the pulse rate and detecting irregularity in the pulse rhythm in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

Full description

Pulse rate self-examination can provide a fairly good assessment of the patient's condition and helps the physician with drug dosage adjustment in patients with cardiac problems.

This study will be conducted in the Cardiology wards of Modarres and Loghman hospitals in Tehran. These are two educational general referral hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences covering northern and southern part of Tehran, the capital of Iran respectively.

After obtaining a written consent the patients will randomly assign into two groups using random number table. One group will receive a 20-minute face-to-face training session by a nurse on how to calculate the pulse rate in a minute and detect irregularities in the pulse rhythm whereas a 10-minute tutorial film with the same content will be shown to the other group.

Three practical test sessions are arranged for each patient, before the training session, right after the training session and at least 48 hours after the training session. The tests contain two parts and evaluate the patients' ability in calculating the exact pulse rate in a minute and detecting irregularities in the pulse rhythm.

A special data-collecting questionnaire is designed for this study. This questionnaire contains background information such as sex, age, and literacy level as well as the practical test results. Data gathering process will be performed by nurses in these hospitals. Nurses, who participate in this study, will attend in briefing sessions on how to fill the data-collecting questionnaires.

The sample size consists of 300 patients who admitted in Cardiology ward (200 in Modarres hospital and 100 in Loghman hospital). The data will be inserted to the computer and the variables will be compared within and between groups using SPSS software version 16.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted in cardiology ward
• Literacy (ability to read and write)

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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300 participants in 2 patient groups

Face-to-face training

Experimental group

Description:

One-to-one face-to-face training on calculating the pulse rate and detecting pulse abnormalities performed by the nurse.

Treatment:

Other: Face-to-face training

Group training

Experimental group

Description:

Group training using a tutorial film on calculating the pulse rate and detecting pulse abnormalities.

Treatment:

Other: Group training