Preoperative teaching for urgent cardiac surgery patients
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluating the impact of a preoperative teaching intervention on the anxiety levels of patients referred for urgent in-patient cardiac surgery
IRAS ID
192267
Contact name
Alison Hampson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Cumbria
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
The primary focus of this research will be to investigate the impact of a preoperative teaching intervention on the anxiety levels of patients referred for urgent in-patient cardiac surgery (either a coronary artery bypass graft(s) and /or valve(s) operation). The proposed research is to be conducted in an acute, tertiary Cardiac Centre and aims to determine the difference made by providing a preoperative teaching intervention through a feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Patients will be randomly assigned to either a control or intervention group. The control group will receive routine treatment (i.e. usual preoperative advice) and the intervention group will be given a planned teaching session (based on the Cardiac Surgery Recovery Booklet). A quantitative form of data of data collection has been chosen. At three points of their in-patient cardiac journey, all patients will be asked to complete two standardised questionnaires – the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(HADS) and the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire(BIPQ). The project will run for 3-6 months to allow for recruitment of sufficient patient numbers into both patient groups (18 patients per group).
Following this, the researcher will use statistical analysis to compare the results of both groups to determine the effectiveness of the teaching intervention.Currently, in the researcher’s Trust, there is no formalised preparatory information given to urgent cardiac surgery patients as they bypass the traditional cardiac pre-admission team input and no clinical team has recognised responsibility to provide such education. It is hoped that undertaking this project will prompt a review of existing working practises within the researcher's Trust positively enhancing the preoperative care given to these patients. (At this point, the researcher feels in necessary to clarify that this project will not include emergency cardiac surgery patients i.e. those deemed necessary to go straight in to theatre).
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0351
Date of REC Opinion
13 May 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion