Information for Patient Controlled Analgesia Device

Tuğba Karaman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Care; Hysterectomy; Health Communication

Treatments: Other: routine care; Other: video; Other: written form

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03807960

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is aimed to show the effect of information method on properly usage of the patient controlled analgesia(PCA) device

Full description

Postoperative pain is still a challenge for anesthesiologist. Patient controlled analgesia is an effective method for postoperative pain management. However, most of the patient can not use the device properly. The important cause of inabilities about device usage is insufficient information.In the patient information, visual, oral or written communication methods can be chosen. However, which method is suitable for our patient group is not clear.This study is aimed to show the effect of information method on properly usage of the patient controlled analgesia(PCA) device

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• informed consent
• Elective hysterectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Opioid abuse or Chronic opioid usage
• opioid allergy
• obesity(BMI>30)
• psychiatric disease
• more than American Anesthesiologist Score 2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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96 participants in 3 patient groups

visual

Experimental group

Description:

The video about patient controlled analgesia device (PCA) usage will shown to the patients via notebook.

Treatment:

Other: video

written

Experimental group

Description:

The written form which include the same knowledge will give to the patient for reading.

Treatment:

Other: written form

control

Other group

Description:

The anesthesiologist will describe the PCA usage as in the routine care to the control group patients.

Treatment:

Other: routine care