The Effect of Education Given Before Port Catheter Infusion on Infusion Related Symptoms

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

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Study summary

Pain, anxiety, anxiety and changes in vital signs are observed in patients during needle insertion into the port catheter.Patients and their relatives should be informed by nurses to eliminate these problems and to provide more comfortable infusion to patients.However, studies on the care process for the symptoms that occur before port catheter infusion are limited in the literature.The thesis study planned for this purpose will be carried out to determine the effect of the training given before port catheter infusion on infusion-related symptoms.The research will be conducted as pretest-posttest, randomised controlled.Oncology-Hematology Services and Chemotherapy Unit of Karadeniz Technical University Farabi Hospital.The sample of the study will be determined by simple randomisation method and 64 patient will be included in the study.The data of the study will be collected by Patient Descriptive Information Form, Visual Analogue Scale and State and Trait Anxiety Scale, Vital Signs Follow-up Chart.

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• Patient Identifying Information Form — 1 day
  This form, which was created by the researchers by reviewing the relevant literature, consists of 11 questions evaluating the descriptive characteristics of the patients the number of port catheter needle insertions and the information status about the port catheter.

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