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NCT Number: NCT05176236

Pictographic Education Handout on Tracheostomy Care

The goal of the study is to address the clinical problem of poor education outcome from the current practice of teaching tracheostomy care by providing them with a pictographic education handout to assist their learning. The study seeks to establish face validity and preliminary efficacy of a pictographic education handout with patients and identify factors associated with lower self-efficacy level on tracheostomy care.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Literacy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Had a tracheostomy as part of head and neck cancer treatment, and who is not on mechanical ventilation
  • His or her date of the related tracheostomy surgery was within the past 6 months
  • Have received the discharge tracheostomy care education from the clinical nurse

Exclusion criteria

  • Documented major physical or cognitive disabilities that would limit the ability to give informed consent or answer survey questions

Treatment and study plan

Pictographic tracheostomy care handouts

Other

The handouts were developed and validated by Clinical and inter-professional experts based on the hospital's text-based tracheostomy home care instructions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Author-developed self-efficacy on tracheostomy care scale

    Time frame: immediately after consenting and post intervention (up to 2 weeks) on study survey

    Participants' self-reported confidence on tracheostomy care from 0 to 10 (0="not confident", 10="very confident")

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Case Western Reserve University

Other

Collaborators

  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  • University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

Registry information

Official study title

Develop a Pictographic Educational Handouts and Validate Its Preliminary Efficacy on Tracheostomy Care

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 4, 2022
Registry last updated
Jan 4, 2022

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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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