Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Preoperative Education on Recovery of Thoracic Surgery Patients
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Brief Summary This randomized controlled study evaluated the effect of structured preoperative education on postoperative recovery outcomes in patients undergoing thoracic surgery for lung cancer. The study was conducted in a tertiary public hospital in Istanbul between June 2022 and December 2023 and included 100 adult patients who met the inclusion criteria. Participants were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. Patients in the intervention group received structured, nurse-led preoperative education supported by a standardized patient education booklet, while the control group received routine hospital care. Recovery outcomes were assessed using physiological parameters, pulmonary function tests, shoulder joint range of motion measurements, pain intensity scores, and the Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40) questionnaire during the early postoperative period. The findings of this study aim to contribute evidence on the role of preoperative nursing education in improving functional recovery, reducing postoperative pain, and supporting respiratory function in patients undergoing thoracic surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Nursing Care | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Patient Education | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Thoracic Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| routine care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Structured Preoperative Education | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention Group: Structured Preoperative Education
- description
- Participants assigned to this arm receive structured, nurse-led preoperative education in addition to routine hospital care prior to thoracic surgery.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Structured Preoperative Education
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control Group: Routine Care
- description
- Participants assigned to this arm receive standard preoperative and postoperative care routinely provided by the hospital.
- interventionNames
- Other: routine care
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Postoperative Recovery Quality
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed with lung cancer who are hospitalized for elective thoracic surgery * Aged 18 years and older * Able to read, write, and speak Turkish * Able to understand the information provided and without any condition that interferes with verbal communication * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0, 1, or 2 * Patients scheduled for lung resection via thoracotomy * Patients undergoing surgery under general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with chronic pain in the preoperative period who are using analgesic medications for pain management * Patients receiving antineoplastic treatment * Patients undergoing reoperation due to lung cancer * Patients with an ECOG performance status greater than 2 * Patients diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer * Patients with limited mobility in the preoperative period
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