Preoperative Educational Videos Reduce Maternal Anxiety Whose Children Received Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

To examine if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' anxiety more after education, and until the day of discharge. Compared to only routine education, adding digital video disk could decrease mothers' anxiety more on the discharge day if their child had surgical or post-surgical complications.

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Key information

Conditions

Educational Videos Congenital Heart Disease in Children Maternal Anxiety Maternal Depression Surgery

Age range

23 year–48 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan

About this study

Aims and objectives: To examine if educational digital video disk can reduce maternal anxiety and depression if their children undergo congenital heart disease surgery and when surgical or post-surgical complications occur.

Background: Mothers experience anxiety and depression if their children undergo conditions mentioned above.

Design: A randomized control-group pretest-posttest design. The CONSORT checklist is used.

Methods: In a teaching hospital, 120 mothers whose children underwent first elective surgery for congenital heart disease were randomly divided into group 1: 60 mothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before surgery; and group 2: 60 mothers receiving routine education. Between groups, mothers' anxiety and depression levels were compared (1) before education, (2) after education (before surgery) and (3) on the discharge day. Among mothers whose children had surgical or post-surgical complications, the effect of watching the digital video disk on anxiety and depression at discharge day was evaluated.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Mothers, whose children underwent first elective cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease
Mothers should have been the primary caregivers
Mothers able to communicate effectively, either orally or in writing

Exclusion criteria

Mothers of children with genetic disorders
Mothers of children with non-cardiac congenital anomalies
Mothers of children with diseases such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy, psychiatric diseases, and * * Mothers of children with chronic lung diseases

Treatment and study plan

Preoperative educational videos plus routine education

Other

Mothers receiving routine education plus digital video disk before their children receiving congenital heart disease surgery. The content was the same as the routine education but was presented audio-visually, and the video was easy to understand by the general public.

Preoperative routine education

Other

Mothers receiving routine education before their children receiving congenital heart disease surgery

Primary outcomes

The change of Mother's anxiety

Time frame: day 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)

The number scores of mother's anxiety between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to evaluate the number scores of anxiety.
The change of Mother's depression

Time frame: day 1 (baseline, before education), day 1 (after education), day 5-7 (discharge day)

The number scores of mother's depression between "routine education" and "routine plus DVD education" groups.

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was used to evaluate the number scores of depression.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Instructor School of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2019
Study completion: 2019
First posted: Jul 19, 2021
Registry last updated: Jul 19, 2021

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