Clinical Research Directory

Effect of Breathing Exercise on Pain and Quality of Recovery in After Transplantation Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The researchers will fill out the "Patient Introduction Form" for the patients who agreed to participate in the study after obtaining permission from the experimental group with the "Informed Consent Form" the day before the surgery. The breathing exercises will be taught and monitored by the researchers, and the researcher who will implement them is a nurse in the general surgery department. The experimental group will be trained on breathing exercises by the researcher the day before the surgery. The patients will be provided with 1 set (4 breaths) per hour of breathing exercises after the surgery. The patient's vital signs will be monitored before and after the breathing exercise. Patients will not have difficulty during the breathing exercise, and they will be provided with gradual interventions. Pain status will be monitored at 0, 2, 6, 12 and 24 hours during the 24-hour hospital stay. The recovery quality scale will be applied on the 1st and 3rd day after surgery. In the control group, after obtaining permission with the "Informed Consent Form" the day before the surgery, the patients who agreed to participate in the study will fill out the "Patient Introduction Form" by the researchers, and their pain status will be monitored at 0, 2, 6, 12 and 24 hours during the 24-hour hospital stay after the surgery. The recovery quality scale will be applied on the 1st and 3rd day after surgery. No intervention will be made to the patients in the control group, and they will be provided with routine nursing care provided in the hospital.

Effect of Earplugs and Eye Masks Used After Orthopedic Surgery on Comfort and Quality of Recovery

This research will be conducted as a randomized controlled trial to determine the effects of earplugs and eye masks used after orthopedic surgery on comfort and quality of recovery. This study is a single-center, parallel-group, open-label, randomized controlled clinical trial. This study will be conducted with 60 patients who underwent orthopedic surgery between June 2025 and October 2025. Participants will be randomized into two equal groups as the intervention group (n=30) and the control group (n=30). The patients in the experimental group will be administered the "Informed Consent Form" and the "Patient Introduction Form" after obtaining permission before surgery. Patients will be given an eye mask and earplugs on the nights following surgery and will be ensured to use them correctly. The "General Comfort Scale" and the "Quality of Recovery Questionnaire (Qor-40)" will be administered 24 and 48 hours after surgery. The patients in the control group will also be administered the "Informed Consent Form" and the "Patient Introduction Form" after obtaining permission before surgery. The "General Comfort Scale" and the "Quality of Recovery Questionnaire (Qor-40)" will be administered 24 and 48 hours after surgery. At the end of the study, the difference between the groups will be evaluated. In the analysis of this study, descriptive statistics, Shapiro-Wilk test, Chi-square test, t-test in independent groups, ANOVA test in repeated measures will be used. The main questions it aims to answer: Do earplugs and eye masks used after orthopedic surgery have an effect on comfort level? Do earplugs and eye masks used after orthopedic surgery have an effect on the quality of recovery?