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Dressing of Tunneled Central Venous Catheter

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Fernanda Titareli Merizio Martins Braga, University of Sao Paulo
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01614314
First received: June 5, 2012
Last updated: June 7, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of nursing undergraduates in dressing of tunneled central venous access in the simulator, according to the aid of a preceptorship or an auto-instructional guide.


Condition Intervention
Nursing Students
 Other: Preceptorship
Other: Auto-instructional guide

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Official Title: Dressing of Tunneled Central Venous Catheter: Preceptorship's Presence or Use of Auto-instructional Guide

Further study details as provided by University of Sao Paulo:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Practical performance in carrying out dressing procedure [ Time Frame: 1 day, immediately after the training simulator ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
    The practical performance in carrying out dressing procedure of each student was analyzed according to a list of 28 steps of procedure, including the preparation of environment and material, antisepsis, curative application and recording (score: 0 to 35). The list of items used to analyze the steps of the catheter dressing procedure were face and content validated by five experts working in the oncology field.


Enrollment: 35
Study Start Date: August 2011
Study Completion Date: December 2011
Primary Completion Date: December 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Auto-instructional guide
The subjects performed the procedure on a manikin simulator, with the aid of an auto-instructional guide, lasting one hour.
 Other: Auto-instructional guide
After attending a lecture and a video on the dressing of the tunneled central venous catheter, the subjects performed the procedure on a manikin simulator, with the aid of an auto-instructional guide, lasting one hour.
Experimental: Preceptorship
The subjects performed the procedure on a manikin simulator, with the aid of a nurse preceptorship, lasting one hour.
 Other: Preceptorship
After attending a lecture and a video on the dressing of the tunneled central venous catheter, the subjects performed the procedure on a manikin simulator, with the aid of a nurse preceptorship, lasting one hour.

Detailed Description:

The simulation facilitates the acquisition of knowledge, skills and decision-making required for clinical practice. Mentoring has been employed and valued as pedagogical process qualifier.

The hypothesis of this study was that students who trained with the assistance of a preceptorship had better practical performance when compared to students who used an auto-instructional guide.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • students regularly enrolled in the last year of the undergraduate nursing program of a public university

Exclusion Criteria:

  • students who did not comply with any of the study's phases
  • students who presented performance > 70% in the pretest
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01614314

Locations
Brazil
University of Sao Paulo at College of Nursing
Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 14040902
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Sao Paulo
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Fernanda TM Braga, PhD, RN University of Sao Paulo at College of Nursing
  More Information

No publications provided by University of Sao Paulo

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Responsible Party: Fernanda Titareli Merizio Martins Braga, Principal Investigator, University of Sao Paulo
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01614314     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: CVCdressing
Study First Received: June 5, 2012
Last Updated: June 7, 2012
Health Authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research

Keywords provided by University of Sao Paulo:
Preceptorship, simulation, nursing, catheters

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013