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Standardized Patient Education in Pituitary Surgery

No phase Interventional Pituitary Adenoma

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Standardized Pituitary Training.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Pituitary Adenoma. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Next step
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Official title

The Impact of Standardized Patient Education on Patient Outcomes in Transsphenoidal Pituitary Surgery

Overview

Protocols are being developed and implemented to ensure the best possible recovery process for patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery, and their impact on patient outcomes is being evaluated. In studies where perioperative protocols-including patient education (verbal and written instruction on dehydration, hyponatremia, adrenal insufficiency, CSF leakage, meningitis, and the signs and symptoms of visual or other neurological disorders)-are implemented, it has been reported that patients' length of hospital stay is reduced, the rate of patients experiencing hyponatremia has decreased, and readmissions have declined (Sanchez-Garavito et al., 2024; Sarris et al., 2021). However, since these studies included protocols covering the entire surgical process-not just patient education-it is difficult to determine whether changes in patient outcomes stem from patient education or from alterations in other parameters within the protocol. Therefore, in the clinic where this study will be conducted, the effect of patient education on postoperative patient outcomes will be examined by developing an educational material that standardizes patient education, without making any changes to the surgical or pharmacological processes.

Interventions

  • Other Standardized Pituitary Training
    The standardized educational material to be used with the training group was developed by the researchers through a literature review and includes evidence-based recommendations that patients should follow after pituitary surgery. The educational material and the sources used to create it are included in the appendix. Before providing education to patients in the intervention group, nurses and resident physicians working in neurosurgery will receive in-person training on the rationale and detail

Primary outcome measures

  • The total time from admission to discharge for patients who received standardized patient education in transsphenoidal pituitary surgery [Time frame: "From the registration phase through to the end of the 52-week training program"]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
  • Complication rates (meningitis, hyponatremia, CSF leak) and rates of unplanned readmission among patients who received standardized training in transsphenoidal pituitary surgery during their hospital stay. [Time frame: From the registration phase through to the end of the 52-week training program]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Admitted for elective surgery due to a pituitary tumor.
  • Has not previously undergone surgery for the same medical condition.
  • Has voluntarily agreed to participate in the study.
  • Has no missing medical data.
  • Can speak Turkish or understand what is being explained.
  • Patients aged 18 and older.

Exclusion criteria

  • Emergency surgery will be performed.
  • Revision surgery will be performed.
  • Those who voluntarily decline to participate in the study.
  • Those with incomplete medical data.
  • Those who cannot speak or understand Turkish.
  • Patients under the age of 18.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Non-randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07618949 · 2026-8/11

Primary sources (government registries)

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