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NCT Number: NCT01720121

Digital Videos Disc and Printed Guidelines and Improve the Knowledge of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

* printed, * digital video disc (DVD) * conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

This study is randomized clinical trial to verify the effect of nursing guidelines for patients undergoing left cardiac catheterization on an outpatient basis. Comparing three approaches to direct guidelines about the procedure:

  • guidelines printed, (GOI) with informative material
  • guidelines through a digital video disc (GDVD) six minutes
  • conventional guidelines provide by nursing team

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing the procedure were included, with age equal or superior to 18 years

Exclusion criteria

  • patients who had already undergone previous procedures similar severe comorbidities, illiterate and who came to the facility to urgently

Treatment and study plan

Printed, digital video disc

Other

The three groups of patient received: 1)informative material in details about the cardiac catheterization provide by the researchers; 2)informative provide by a digital video disc; 3)the control group received the conventional informative provide by the nursing team.

Primary outcomes

  1. improvement of knowledge about the procedure after orientation

    Time frame: four months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Nov 2, 2012
Registry last updated
Nov 2, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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