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NCT Number: NCT05979402

The Effect of Pressure Ulcer Education on the Knowledge Level of the Relatives of the Patients

The purpose of this randomized controlled trial, which included pretest and posttest, was to examine the effectiveness of pressure ulcer prevention and care education given to caregivers of patients treated in a palliative care clinic.

The key questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the routine clinical training given in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the knowledge level of patients' relatives about pressure ulcers? * Does the pressure ulcer education given to the relatives of patients treated in the palliative care clinic have an effect on the level of knowledge about pressure ulcers?

Participants will participate in an educational activity on pressure ulcers. Researchers will compare whether pressure ulcer training given to palliative care patient relatives is effective compared to routine service training with lecture, question-answer and presentation method.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy Pressure Ulcer Skin Diseases Skin Ulcer Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

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

One-to-one interviews will be conducted with the relatives of the patients in the experimental and control groups, and the appropriate time frame for the clinical operation will be determined. Participants will be informed about the study at the time determined jointly with the companions and at the appropriate place for the clinic.

Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the control group. The participants in the control group will not receive any educational intervention by the researcher until the day of discharge. This group will receive routine clinical training given only in the hospital. Training of patients and their relatives in clinics continues with the principle of "Do-Watch-Check". This is how nurses conduct their routine clinical training. The Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a post-test to the control group on the day of the patients' discharge.

Personal Information Form and Pressure Ulcer Information Test will be distributed and collected as a pre-test to the participants in the experimental group. In addition to the training given to the participants in the experimental group with the routine "Do-Watch-Check" principle in the clinic, face-to-face pressure ulcer training will be given by the researchers on the day of discharge. The presentation about the pressure ulcer will be given by the researchers in two periods of 30 min + 30 minutes using lectures, case studies and question-answer techniques. Opinions were received from three field experts regarding the validity of the training content of the pressure ulcer topic (CGI: 1.00). The Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test will be redistributed and collected as a final test on the day of discharge after completion of training.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Those who agree to participate in the study
  • Native Turkish,
  • 18 years 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 Face-to-face pressure ulcer training

Other

Face-to-face presure ulcer training

Control Group

Other

No intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. Pressure ulcer information of palliative care patients' relatives: First test

    Time frame: Just before training

    "Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to three expert academicians to ensure content validity. Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test is a 3-point Likert-type questionnaire consisting of 17 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. Five of the questions in the test were designed to be scored reversely and 12 of them were scored straight. The score to be taken from the test is between 0-17. A high score indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about pressure ulcers, and a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pressure ulcer information of palliative care patients' relatives: Second test

    Time frame: Immediately after training

    "Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test" is a test prepared by researchers in line with the literature and sent to three expert academicians to ensure content validity. Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test is a 3-point Likert-type questionnaire consisting of 17 questions coded as true, false, I don't know. Five of the questions in the test were designed to be scored reversely and 12 of them were scored straight. The score to be taken from the test is between 0-17. A high score indicates that the relatives of the patients have a high level of knowledge about pressure ulcers, and a low score indicates a low level of knowledge.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Pressure Wound Prevention Training for the Relatives of Palliative Care Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Aug 7, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 24, 2026

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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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