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NCT Number: NCT06531928

Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery

Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of the anxiety may be related to fear and anxiety about the pain caused by the upcoming chest tube removal procedure, or it may be the words they have heard from other patients who have had this experience before. There are a limited number of studies in the literature on anxiety that may occur in patients due to chest tube withdrawal. In addition, studies in the literature did not focus on whether there was a difference between pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels. In this study, it was aimed to investigate the anxiety levels before and after the procedure and the pain levels felt in the patients due to the procedure due to chest tube withdrawal in patients who underwent VATS. In addition, it aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. If a correlation is detected, the importance of pre-procedural anxiety management will be better understood, the necessity of interventions such as psychological and pharmacological treatment for anxiety will come to the fore, and new research on this subject will be needed.

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Key information

Conditions

Chest Tube Withdrawal Anxiety Disorders Mental Disorders Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

Ankara, Keçiören, 06290, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Ramazan Baldemir, Specialist

CONTACT

[email protected]

+905303570166

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The ages of 18-65
  • BMI between 18-35 kg/m2
  • Who have undergone VATS
  • Who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery
  • who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy)

Exclusion criteria

  • Who have undergone surgery under emergency conditions,
  • Who have undergone thoracotomy, decortication, pleural biopsy,
  • Who constantly use anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs,
  • Patients with preoperative chronic pain,
  • Who have undergone thoracic surgery before,
  • Patients with a history of chest tube insertion and for any reason after surgery (prolonged air leakage),
  • Patients whose chest tube has not been removed for more than 7 days,
  • Who have undergone pleurodesis
  • Patients with psychiatric diagnoses or who use psychiatric drugs
  • Who are illiterate will be excluded from the study.

Treatment and study plan

chest tube withdrawal

Other

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels in Thoracic Surgery Cases Performed with Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Primary outcomes

  1. visual analog scale -Anxiety

    Time frame: 24 hours

    Investigation of pre-procedure and post-procedure anxiety levels due to chest tube removal in patients undergoing VATS and pain felt by patients due to the procedure. The VAS-anxiety is a segmented numerical version of the visual analog scale (VAS), in which the respondent chooses an integer (0-100 mm) that best reflects the intensity of his anxiety. It is considered a one-dimensional measure of anxiety intensity in adults. It ranges from "0 mm" representing no anxiety to "100 mm" representing extreme anxiety.

Secondary outcomes

  1. visual analog scale-Pain

    Time frame: 24 hours

    It was aimed to investigate whether there is any correlation between pre-procedure anxiety and pain experienced during the procedure. The VAS-pain is a segmented numerical version of the visual analog scale (VAS), in which the respondent chooses an integer (0-100 mm) that best reflects the intensity of his pain. It is considered a one-dimensional measure of pain intensity in adults. It ranges from "0 mm" representing no pain to "100 mm" representing extreme pain.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Ramazan Baldemir, Specialist

CONTACT

[email protected]

+905303570166

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Aug 1, 2024
Registry last updated
Jan 9, 2025

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