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NCT Number: NCT05959876

The Effect of Perineal Care Education on Palliative Care Patient' Relatives

The aim of this randomized controlled study, which includes pre-test and post-test, is to examine the perineum care education given to caregivers of patients with incontinence and being treated in a palliative care clinic.

The basic question it aims to answer is:

Does the perineum care training given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about perineum care?

Participants will participate in a training activity on perineum care. Researchers will compare whether perineum care training given to relatives of palliative care patients is effective compared to the routine service operation, by using lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University

Bolu, 14000, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

A time period suitable for the clinic, patient and companion will be determined by making one-to-one interviews with the companions in the experimental and control groups. Care will be taken to make the applications outside of treatment, visit, care, meal and visitor hours. Accompanying attendants will be met at the specified time and information about the work will be given.

Participants in the control group will be given a Personal Information Form and a Perineum Care Knowledge Test as a pre-test and will be given sufficient time to complete them. The participants in the control group will not be interfered with by the researcher during the research. At the end of the same day, the Perineum Care Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a posttest to the control group. This group will only receive routine nursing training given in the hospital. In palliative care clinics, nurses provide information to patients and their families to help patients maintain their independence and control and make choices during their daily care. In addition, trainings are planned for the needs of the patient and his family. After the research process is completed, a handbook on perineal care will be distributed to the participants in the control group by the researcher.

The participants in the experimental group will be given a Personal Information Form and a Perineum Care Knowledge Test as a pre-test and will be given sufficient time to fill them out. Face-to-face and one-to-one perineal care training will be given to the participants in the experimental group. During the trainings, the presentation prepared in the power point program and the content of perineum care will be conveyed by the researcher in two 30-minute sessions using plain lecture, case study and question and answer techniques. These techniques used are considered to be effective methods in the education of patients and their relatives. Opinions were received from three field experts regarding the content validity of the content of perineal care (CGI: 1.00). The Perineum Care Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a posttest upon completion of the training.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Who agreed to participate in the study
  • Hhose mother tongue is Turkish,
  • 18 years old and over
  • Able to read and write

Exclusion criteria

  • Who refused to participate in the study
  • Native language is not Turkish
  • Illiterate

Treatment and study plan

Training group

Other

Face-to-face perineal care training

Control Group

Other

No intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Palliative care patient relatives' perineum care information: First test

    Time frame: Just before training

    "Perineum Care Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to an expert academician to ensure content validity. The Perineum Care Knowledge Test is a 3-likert-type questionnaire consisting of a total of 15 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. The minimum score to be obtained from the test is 0 and the maximum score is 15. A high score at the end of the evaluation indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about perineal care, while a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perineal care information of palliative care patient relatives: Second test

    Time frame: Immediately after training

    "Perineum Care Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to an expert academician to ensure content validity. The Perineum Care Knowledge Test is a 3-likert-type questionnaire consisting of a total of 15 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. The minimum score to be obtained from the test is 0 and the maximum score is 15. A high score at the end of the evaluation indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about perineal care, while a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Training on Perineal Care of Palliative Care Patients With Incontinence on the Knowledge Level of Relatives: A Randomized Controlled Study

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 25, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 24, 2026

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