The Effect of Carer Training on Pressure Ulcers in Palliative Patients
ConditionPublic Health Nursing
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-80
SponsorFirat University
About this trial
The aim of this article is to examine the effect of the training of carers caring for palliative care patients on the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. In this context, how the training affects the level of knowledge and practices of the carers will be evaluated. The findings obtained will contribute to improving the quality of patient care by providing strategic recommendations for the improvement of palliative care services.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Over 18 years of age
Being the sole informal caregiver of the palliative care patient
Being able to use physical abilities such as sight and hearing
No cognitive and communication problems
Disqualifiers
Palliative care patient is not the only informal caregiver
Cognitive and communication problems
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Education group
Other interventionaregivers in the experimental group will be given a detailed and planned training programme on pressure sores. The trainings will be held in a total of four sessions, with twenty minutes in each session, two weeks apart.
control group
Other interventionIn the first stage of the study, the participants in the experimental and control groups were asked to complete the 'Introductory Information Form' and '' Pressure sore knowledge test' will be completed. In the second stage of the research, no intervention will be made to the caregivers in the control group, and in the last stage of the research, 'Pressure sore knowledge test' will be filled in as post-test data for all participants.
Treatment groups
72 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Education groupExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Pressure Wound Knowledge Test
CBRT is a 3-point Likert type (true, false, don't know) questionnaire consisting of 17 questions prepared by the researchers in line with the literature. Five of the questions in the test were designed to be reverse scored and 12 were designed to be scored normally. The minimum score of the knowledge test is 0 and the maximum score is 17. The KR-20 value of this measurement tool was calculated as 0.80.
Time frame
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov