The Effect of Book Reading on Comfort, Hope, Anxiety and Vital Signs of Intensive Care Unit Patients
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorTC Erciyes University
About this trial
This study was planned to investigate the effect of reading aloud books on comfort, hope, anxiety and vital signs in patients hospitalized in intensive care unit. This study was designed as a randomized controlled clinical trial. Data will be collected by using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire, General Comfort Scale, Dispositional Hope Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Vital Signs Monitoring Form.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Over 18 years of age,
Stable clinical condition after intensive care unit admission,
Have no physical or mental impairment in answering the questions,
No verbal communication disability (hearing and speech),
Disqualifiers
People with hearing or vision problems,
Intubated,
Any diagnosed neurological or psychological disorder,
Transferred to another unit or exitus before the specified period,
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Reading a book
Other interventionIndividuals in the intervention group will be read a storybook for three nights.
Treatment groups
70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Comfort level to be evaluated with the General Comfort Scale
It was developed to assess the comfort level of patients. The scale consists of three levels: relief, relaxation and superiority and four dimensions: physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural and environmental.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd day2
Level of hope to be assessed with the Dispositional Hope Scale
It was conducted to evaluate individuals' hope levels. It is an eight-point Likert type scale consisting of 12 items. Scores from the scale vary between 8 and 64.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd day3
Anxiety level to be assessed with State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
The inventory was developed to determine the state and trait anxiety levels of individuals. The scale consists of 40 items in total. While the first 20 items measure the state anxiety level, the items from 21 to 40 measure the trait anxiety level of the individual. The total score value obtained from both parts varies between 20 and 80.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd daySecondary outcomes
1
Blood pressure to be assessed with monitor
The patient's blood pressure will be measured from the brachial artery with a bedside monitor and the result will be recorded in mmHg.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd day2
Pulse to be assessed with monitor
Heart rate will be measured with a bedside monitor that can be measured from a finger and recorded as beats/min.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd day3
Oxygen saturation to be assessed with Pulse Oximeter
Oxygen saturation from the finger will be measured and recorded with a Pulse Oximeter.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd day4
Pain to be assessed with Numeric Rating Scale
The number "0" on the scale means that they do not feel any pain and the number "10" refers to the worst pain.
Time frame
After reading the book of the 3rd dayLocations
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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