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NCT Number: NCT03915093

Effect of Prehabilitation Protocol on Quality of Life After Thoracoscopic Surgery

video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a new approach used in cardio thoracic surgery department instead of thoracotomy to treat several diseases.patients underwent thoracoscopic surgery without organized educational protocol either before or after the procedure. Therefore, this study will be the first clinical research which will increase patients' knowledge about thoracoscopy and decrease its complications.

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Key information

Conditions

Thoracoscopy Prehabilitation

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Assiut U

Asyut, Egypt

About this study

The role of thoracic nursing specialty is to support and educate patients, who are suffering from thoracic diseases, to achieve the best outcome in terms of physical, psychological, social and spiritual well beings. The care provided not only focuses on in-hospital treatments that patient received, but also encompasses the whole patient journey including lifestyle modification, health concept promotion, self-empowerment and secondary prevention. Preoperative prophylactic physiotherapy has been shown to be an important and effective approach in preventing or reducing postoperative complications, in addition to optimizing treatment by familiarizing the patient with the physiotherapeutic procedures. Quasi experimental research design was utilized to conduct this study.Sixty adult patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery included and had the following criteria, the age ranged from 18-65 years old, both male and female. The patients divided into two equal groups (study and control groups), 30 patients for each. The study group received educational nursing protocol while the control group received the routine hospital care.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients who undergoing thoracoscopic surgery
  • Age 18-65 year
  • patients who agree to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • converting to thoracotomy
  • patients refuse to participate

Treatment and study plan

Educational nursing protocol

Other

It is a booklet given to study group ,which contains Knowledge and practice about thoracoscopy, pre - post operative care and home care instructions

Routine hospital care

Other

The routine care given by physicians and nurses after thoracoscopic surgery

Primary outcomes

  1. Effect of prehabilitation on quality of life after thoracoscopic surgery

    Time frame: after one month postoperative

    WHOQOL developed by WHO (2004). It contains 5 broad domains of QOL within which 18 facets are covered to determine the quality of life. These 5 domains include physical, social, psychological, environmental and perceived QOL. Within each domain several sub domains (facets) of QOL Summarize that particular domain of QOL.The scoring of these variables, a 3-point lickert scale on tables was adopted for the answer low QOL=0-3, moderate QOL=4-6, and high QOL =7-9.

Secondary outcomes

  1. effect of prehabilitation on duration of hospital stay after thoracoscopic surgery

    Time frame: immediate post operative

    assess length of hospital stay postoperative for both groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Assiut University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Thoracoscopic Surgery: Effect of Designing and Implementing Educational Nursing Protocol on Patients Quality of Life

Acronym: VATS

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Apr 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2019

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