Status:
RECRUITING
Effect of Chest Tube Withdrawal on Patients' Anxiety Levels After Thoracic Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Ankara Ataturk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital
Conditions:
Chest Tube Withdrawal
Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
Since the removal of the chest tube is a painful procedure, it can cause serious anxiety in patients. Patients state that chest tube removal is among the bad memories they experience. The source of th...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The ages of 18-65
- BMI between 18-35 kg/m2
- Who have undergone VATS
- Who have a single chest tube inserted during surgery
- who have undergone resection with VATS (wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy)
Exclusion
- Who have undergone surgery under emergency conditions,
- Who have undergone thoracotomy, decortication, pleural biopsy,
- Who constantly use anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs,
- Patients with preoperative chronic pain,
- Who have undergone thoracic surgery before,
- Patients with a history of chest tube insertion and for any reason after surgery (prolonged air leakage),
- Patients whose chest tube has not been removed for more than 7 days,
- Who have undergone pleurodesis
- Patients with psychiatric diagnoses or who use psychiatric drugs
- Who are illiterate will be excluded from the study.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 15 2024
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 30 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06531928
Start Date
August 15 2024
End Date
July 30 2025
Last Update
January 9 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital
Ankara, Keçiören, Turkey (Türkiye), 06290