Can a Nurse's confidence ease a Patient's postoperative pain?
NCT ID NCT07830498
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers ask whether surgical nurses' confidence in managing pain relates to how well their patients' pain is controlled after surgery. Nurses in general surgery clinics complete a questionnaire about their pain management self-efficacy, and their adult patients complete a separate questionnaire about their postoperative pain within the first 24 hours. Each patient's answers are linked to the nurse who cared for them, creating nurse-patient pairs. No treatment or intervention is given; participants only fill out questionnaires.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If a link exists between nurses' confidence and patients' pain outcomes, hospitals could target nurse training and support to improve postoperative pain care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational questionnaire study, so it can show a relationship but cannot prove that nurses' confidence causes better or worse pain outcomes. Other factors, such as patient expectations or ward staffing, may explain any link.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 340 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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
Surgical nurses providing postoperative care in the general surgery clinics of two training and research hospitals in Turkey, together with the adult surgical patients under their care during the first 24 postoperative hours, forming linked nurse-patient dyads.
- 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: Surgical Nurses: * Currently employed as a registered nurse * Working in the general surgery clinic where the study is conducted * Actively involved in postoperative patient care * Employed in the relevant clinic for at least 3 months * Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study Surgical Patients: * 18 years of age or older * Has undergone a surgical procedure * Receiving postoperative care in the general surgery clinic where the study is conducted * Within the first 24 postoperative hours * Able to communicate in Turkish * Conscious and cognitively able to answer study questions * Voluntarily agrees to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: Surgical Nurses: * On extended leave or medical report during the data collection period, resulting in no active clinical care * Does not complete the data collection form during the study period Surgical Patients: * Followed in the intensive care unit * Impaired consciousness that prevents assessment * Serious cognitive or communication impairment that prevents communication * Underwent emergency surgery * Unable to complete the study data collection forms
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Agri Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Clinic
Ağrı, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Taksim Training and Research Hospital, General Surgery Clinic
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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