Nursing CareNCT06983288
Perioperative Privacy in the Surgical Patient
An observational study of Nursing Care and Privacy Statements, run by Aydin Adnan Menderes University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
Since surgical patients are at risk of privacy violations in the perioperative process, it is thought that determining privacy perceptions and factors affecting this situation and developing strategies to protect privacy will improve the quality of patient care. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Nursing Care, Privacy Statements, Perioperative Care
- How many people
- 294 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 15 Oct 2024to 14 May 2025
- How long will I take part?
- 1 Day
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Undergoing urology, orthopaedics, general surgery and gynaecology operations
Who may be able to join
- Being over 18 years old
- Knowing and speaking Turkish
- No communication problems
- To have been operated in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Application and Research Hospital Hospital urology, orthopedics, general surgery and gynaecology service
- At least 24 hours since the operation
- To agree to participate in the research
Who cannot join
- Hospitalisation in the intensive care unit
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Aydın Adnan Menderes University
Aydin, Zafer Mahallesi, 09010
About this study
Official title: Perioperative Privacy in the Surgical Patient: A Descriptive Study
Since surgical patients are at risk of privacy violations in the perioperative process, it is thought that determining privacy perceptions and factors affecting this situation and developing strategies to protect privacy will improve the quality of patient care. In this study, it was aimed to determine the privacy perceptions of surgical patients in the perioperative process and the factors affecting them.
Read the detailed description
Patient privacy is defined as conducting medical procedures and evaluations related to patients' health and disease processes in confidentiality. Patient privacy means not only protecting the information and documents obtained during diagnosis and treatment processes, but also ensuring the confidentiality of the patient's physical body. The most comprehensive regulation on patient privacy in our country is Article 21 of the Patient Rights Regulation, which states that 'it is essential to respect the privacy of the patient, and any medical intervention can be performed by respecting the patient's privacy'. Similarly, the Ministry of Health published a general regulation on 'respecting patient privacy' in 2016, which emphasises that 'it has been observed that patient privacy is not sufficiently respected during examinations, examinations and treatments, especially during surgical procedures and in intensive care units, and the necessary sensitivity should be shown in this regard'. Respecting and protecting the privacy of the patient is one of the basic nursing responsibilities that must be fulfilled during health care delivery.
Both the patient's body privacy and personal information are among the basic nursing values that surgical nurses should protect and implement within the scope of the 'patient advocacy' role. Privacy violations may occur in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative processes of patients. In the preoperative period, patients who are admitted to the ward with many symptoms may share the same room with unfamiliar people in unfamiliar rooms, invasive procedures applied to them are performed in a way that they do not want others to see them, identity information and files are shared with more than one person for educational purposes, especially in university hospitals, and the presence of more than one physician or nurse in the room during physical examination may reveal privacy violations. Violations of privacy may also occur for similar reasons during the operation and during the waking process after anaesthesia, such as wearing only underwear during the operation, covering the patient during the operation, not being able to control their own private areas due to the inability to feel part of their body or their whole body due to the effect of anaesthesia.
Patients admitted to hospital for surgery are at risk of privacy violations considering the care practices brought by the surgical process. The possibility of these violations emerges as privacy anxiety in patients. It is thought that it is important to determine the privacy anxiety that occurs in the patient during the surgical process. Although many studies on patient privacy have been conducted in the literature, this study aimed to determine the perioperative privacy levels of patients undergoing surgery in urology, orthopedics, general surgery and gynaecology services.
- Conditions
- Nursing Care, Privacy Statements, Perioperative Care
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Privacy perceptions level
Assessed with Perioperative Privacy Scale. The scale used to evaluate patient perceptions about privacy along perioperative period. It consisted 19 items with scoring from 1 (one) to 5 (five). The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 80 and the minimum score is 16. The scale score is high in patients whose privacy is protected and low in patients whose privacy is not protected. The high scores that can be obtained from the scale indicate that the privacy of the patients is protected.
Measured: Time frame: Postoperative 1st day
Secondary outcomes (1)
Comfort level
Assessed with numerical rating scale. The scale used to evaluate patient comfort on postoperative days. The patient were asked to give a score from 1 to 10.
Measured: Time frame: Postoperative 1st day
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted21 May 2025
- Study start15 Oct 2024
- Primary completion14 May 2025
- Study completion14 May 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Nursing CareStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Aydin Adnan Menderes UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 294 participants (actual)
- Target duration
- 1 Day
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Ezgi Arslan, Aydin Adnan Menderes University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06983288
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Perioperative Privacy
- Status last verified
- May 2025
- First submitted
- 14 May 2025
- Last updated
- 28 May 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 28 May 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Perioperative Privacy in the Surgical Patient: A Descriptive Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06983288
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Perioperative Privacy
- Conditions
- Nursing Care, Privacy Statements, Perioperative Care
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 294 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Aydin Adnan Menderes UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 15 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 14 May 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 14 May 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 21 May 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Since surgical patients are at risk of privacy violations in the perioperative process, it is thought that determining privacy perceptions and factors affecting this situation and developing strategies to protect privacy will improve the quality of patient care. In this study, it was aimed to determine the privacy perceptions of surgical patients in the perioperative process and the factors affecting them.
Detailed description
Patient privacy is defined as conducting medical procedures and evaluations related to patients' health and disease processes in confidentiality. Patient privacy means not only protecting the information and documents obtained during diagnosis and treatment processes, but also ensuring the confidentiality of the patient's physical body. The most comprehensive regulation on patient privacy in our country is Article 21 of the Patient Rights Regulation, which states that 'it is essential to respect the privacy of the patient, and any medical intervention can be performed by respecting the patient's privacy'. Similarly, the Ministry of Health published a general regulation on 'respecting patient privacy' in 2016, which emphasises that 'it has been observed that patient privacy is not sufficiently respected during examinations, examinations and treatments, especially during surgical procedures and in intensive care units, and the necessary sensitivity should be shown in this regard'. Respecting and protecting the privacy of the patient is one of the basic nursing responsibilities that must be fulfilled during health care delivery.
Both the patient's body privacy and personal information are among the basic nursing values that surgical nurses should protect and implement within the scope of the 'patient advocacy' role. Privacy violations may occur in the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative processes of patients. In the preoperative period, patients who are admitted to the ward with many symptoms may share the same room with unfamiliar people in unfamiliar rooms, invasive procedures applied to them are performed in a way that they do not want others to see them, identity information and files are shared with more than one person for educational purposes, especially in university hospitals, and the presence of more than one physician or nurse in the room during physical examination may reveal privacy violations. Violations of privacy may also occur for similar reasons during the operation and during the waking process after anaesthesia, such as wearing only underwear during the operation, covering the patient during the operation, not being able to control their own private areas due to the inability to feel part of their body or their whole body due to the effect of anaesthesia.
Patients admitted to hospital for surgery are at risk of privacy violations considering the care practices brought by the surgical process. The possibility of these violations emerges as privacy anxiety in patients. It is thought that it is important to determine the privacy anxiety that occurs in the patient during the surgical process. Although many studies on patient privacy have been conducted in the literature, this study aimed to determine the perioperative privacy levels of patients undergoing surgery in urology, orthopedics, general surgery and gynaecology services.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Target follow-up
- 1 Day
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Undergoing urology, orthopaedics, general surgery and gynaecology operations
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Being over 18 years old
- Knowing and speaking Turkish
- No communication problems
- To have been operated in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Application and Research Hospital Hospital urology, orthopedics, general surgery and gynaecology service
- At least 24 hours since the operation
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Hospitalisation in the intensive care unit
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Privacy perceptions level
Time frame: Time frame: Postoperative 1st day
Assessed with Perioperative Privacy Scale. The scale used to evaluate patient perceptions about privacy along perioperative period. It consisted 19 items with scoring from 1 (one) to 5 (five). The maximum score that can be obtained from the scale is 80 and the minimum score is 16. The scale score is high in patients whose privacy is protected and low in patients whose privacy is not protected. The high scores that can be obtained from the scale indicate that the privacy of the patients is protected.
1 secondary outcome
Comfort level
Time frame: Time frame: Postoperative 1st day
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 28 May 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. The data sets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Nursing Care and Privacy Statements, run by Aydin Adnan Menderes University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 28 May 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Privacy perceptions level (time frame: Time frame: Postoperative 1st day). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 28 May 2025.