This study was conducted to investigate the impact of nursing care on complications in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) placement.
For the implementation of this randomized controlled study, approval (No: E-46418926-050.99-132774) was obtained from the Ethics Committee of a university on the Anatolian side of Istanbul. The study population comprised all patients who underwent percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in the endoscopy unit of the same university hospital between January 3, 2022, and December 16, 2022, while the sample included 60 patients who met the inclusion criteria between April 1, 2022, and December 16, 2022. Data were collected using the Sociodemographic Data Form, Caregiver Information Form, Pre-Procedural Preparation-Before-During Monitoring and Follow-Up Data Form, Post-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Vital Signs, Stoma and Tube Follow-Up Form, and Post-Discharge Home Care Evaluation Form. For statistical analysis of the data obtained from the study, IBM SPSS V22 software was used. The normality of distribution was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test. An Independent Samples t-test was applied for comparing normally distributed variables between groups, while the Mann-Whitney U Test was used for non-normally distributed variables. For categorical variables, Yates' Correction, Fisher's Exact Test, and Pearson's Chi-Square Test were used; multiple comparisons were performed using the Bonferroni-corrected Z-test. The analysis results were presented as mean ± standard deviation and median (minimum-maximum) for quantitative variables, and as frequency (percentage) for categorical variables. The level of significance was set at p\<0.050.
Keywords: Oral care, Training, Nursing, Complications, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.