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Study aim:
Determination the effect of mobile-based education on quality of life, anxiety and self-care in patients undergoing open prostatectomy between intervention and control groups
Design:
A phase 3 clinical trial with a control group, featuring parallel groups, non-blinded, and randomized, was conducted on 60 patients.
Settings and conduct:
Study place: Operating ward of Shaid Beheshti Hospital in Hamdan; Study population: patients with Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Type of blinding: In this study blinding was not performed
Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria:
Inclusion criteria: candidates for open prostatectomy via the transvesical approach must be demonstrate a willingness to participate in the study, possess the ability to flow educational content and communicate with the researcher, own an android device and be proficient in its use, and have literacy skills or be accompanied by a literate individual to assist in data completion. Exclusion criteria: individuals currently participating in another clinical trial concurrently, loss of participants during the study due to death, withdrawal of consent during the study, or lack of cooperation from patients in following educational guidance will be excluded.
Intervention groups:
The intervention group will receive care education through a communication application provided by the researcher. In the intervention group, assessments related to the quality of life and self-care will be conducted during visits to the physicians office. Subsequently, on the of surgery, anxiety levels will be evaluated, and after the surgery, urinary symptoms, quality of life, and self-care will be assessed at one and three-month intervals. The control group will undergo the evaluations in a similar manner, with the distinction that they receive standard educational materials instead.
Main outcome variables:
Quality of life; anxiety; self-care; urinary symptoms.