Impact of educational videos and user guide on indwelling pleural catheter caregiver training and unplanned healthcare encounters.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are an effective first line option for the management of symptomatic malignant pleural effusions. However, patients with IPCs often require unplanned healthcare encounters (UHEs) due to complications or concerns with IPC care and drainage.

Local problem

There is a lack of readily accessible IPC-specific educational material to support caregiver training (CGT). As IPC care and drainage are performed primarily by patients and caregivers in our country due to the lack of community nursing support, ineffective CGT may lead to increased UHEs due to caregiver knowledge gaps or poor confidence in managing and caring for IPCs.

Aims

We aim to reduce the number of IPC-related UHEs.

Methods and interventions

We used a 5-why d

SUBMITTER: Young SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11836833 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature