Preoperative Care In Ovarian Cancer Patients

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Perioperative Complication; Outcome, Fatal; Adnexal Mass

Treatments: Other: Preoperative Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04260334

2019/06-42

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomised controlled trial study consisting of two-group pretest-post-test.

Full description

This study was designed as a randomized controlled trial with pretest and posttest model. The sample of the research consisted of patients who would undergo ovarian cancer surgery at the gynecologic oncology unit of a university hospital in Turkey between June 2019-August 2020.

The women were randomly assigned using "a random number generation program (Research Randomizer (https://www.randomizer.org/)" by an independent researcher who was not included in the study, intervention and control groups were formed. Women were not informed about the group they would be a part of. However, the groups of women were known by the researchers.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and over
• women who know diagnosis
• women who have not psychiatric illness
• women who have preoperative period
• hospitalization two days before surgery

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

RFNP was created by researchers. RFNP comprises positive language, a positive environment, relaxation exercise and methods of coping with stress (Mete et al., 2017; Mete et al., 2015; Lazarus, 1984). This programme has a content which reducing women's anxiety and pain. Such programmes are expected to enhanced level of the knowledge about ovarian cancer and its surgery. Women are usually admitted to the clinic two days before surgery. The program duration was for 2 days each day with two sessions, of 6 hr each. There are four relaxation exercises in the program because repetition is recommended for the relaxation exercises to be effective. Deep breathing exercise, progressive muscle relaxation, and guided imagery were used in program. In addition, RFNP is divided into four sections so that the information is not intensely transferred to women.

Treatment:

Other: Preoperative Education

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

In the control group, women received routine nursing care in the hospital, and data collection tools were applied at the parallel hours as the experimental group. Usual nursing care included information about visitor and meal times, nurse call button, diet, drug administration and not to leave the hospital. Relaxation exercises were not practiced to patients in usual nursing care to reduce stress and anxiety.