AI vs. nurses: who writes better discharge instructions for heart surgery patients?
NCT ID NCT07263724
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test whether an artificial intelligence system (ChatGPT-5) can create discharge education materials for patients recovering from coronary artery bypass surgery as well as experienced nurses can. Researchers will use 30 different patient scenarios and compare the content created by AI and nurses for accuracy, completeness, and clarity. The goal is to see if AI could reliably assist in patient education, potentially saving time for healthcare staff.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- ChatGPT-5 (artificial intelligence system)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that AI can help create reliable discharge education materials for heart surgery patients, potentially easing the workload on nurses.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 scenarios, not a clinical trial on patients. It measures agreement between AI and nurses, not actual patient outcomes, so real-world benefits are uncertain.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Çalışma evreni, koroner arter bypass grefti (CABG) ameliyatı geçirmiş bireyleri temsil eden 30 standart hasta senaryosundan oluşmaktadır. Her bir senaryo, CABG sonrası hastalarda yaygın olarak gözlemlenen demografik, klinik ve psikososyal özelliklerin özgün bir kombinasyonunu yansıtmaktadır. Senaryolar, klinik gerçekliği ve içerik geçerliliğini sağlamak amacıyla kalp damar cerrahisi hemşireleri, akademik hemşirelik uzmanları ve kardiyovasküler cerrahların yer aldığı multidisipliner bir ekip tarafından geliştirilmiş ve doğrulanmıştır. Bu simüle edilmiş vakalar, hem hemşireler hem de ChatGPT-5 tarafından hazırlanan taburculuk eğitimi materyalleri arasındaki uyumu değerlendirmek için gözlem birimleri olarak kullanılacaktır.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient scenarios representing individuals who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. * Scenarios that include demographic, socioeconomic, clinical, and psychosocial information consistent with current literature and clinical guidelines. * Scenarios describing patients who underwent median sternotomy and on-pump CABG procedure. * Scenarios that include relevant postoperative complications (e.g., delirium, bleeding, wound infection, arrhythmia) and comorbidities (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, COPD). * Scenarios that enable both nurse and ChatGPT-5 to prepare discharge education materials under the same standardized framework. * Scenarios reviewed and validated by cardiovascular surgery experts and nurse academicians for content validity. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient scenarios not related to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. * Scenarios lacking sufficient demographic, clinical, or psychosocial information to prepare individualized discharge education. * Scenarios that do not follow the standardized structure of six main domains and twenty-four subtopics. * Scenarios with inconsistent or contradictory medical data (e.g., incompatible diagnosis and treatment details). * Scenarios not validated by the expert review panel for clinical accuracy and content validity. * Scenarios that do not allow comparison between nurse-generated and ChatGPT-5-generated discharge education materials.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hasan Kalyoncu University Faculty of Nursing
Gaziantep, Gaziantep, 27620, Turkey (Türkiye)
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