Pictographic Education Handout on Tracheostomy Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Health Literacy

In brief

The goal of the study is to address the clinical problem of poor education outcome from the current practice of teaching tracheostomy care by providing them with a pictographic education handout to assist their learning. The study seeks to establish face validity and preliminary efficacy of a pictographic education handout with patients and identify factors associated with lower self-efficacy level on tracheostomy care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05176236

Run by

Case Western Reserve University

People needed

38

Starts

2020-10-01

Expected to finish

2021-05-30

Last updated by the study team

2022-01-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• Had a tracheostomy as part of head and neck cancer treatment, and who is not on mechanical ventilation
• His or her date of the related tracheostomy surgery was within the past 6 months
• Have received the discharge tracheostomy care education from the clinical nurse

You may not qualify if…

• Documented major physical or cognitive disabilities that would limit the ability to give informed consent or answer survey questions

Where it is running

• Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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