Investigating the effect of using the Patient Communication software on the ease of communication andsatisfaction of conscious patients under mechanical ventilation admitted to the ICU

Determining the effect of the use of patient communication software on the ease of communication and satisfaction with the quality of care of conscious patients under mechanical ventilation in ICU

Semi-experimental intervention with a control group, with parallel groups, two-way blind, randomized, on 60 patients, spss software was used for randomization

After preparing the software and obtaining the consent of the patients hospitalized in the ICU, the selected statistical population is divided into two control and intervention groups by random allocation method. At first, the researcher is not aware of the allocation of people to two groups. The statistical analyst will also be unaware of the groups.

Patients hospitalized in special care departments of Mashhad public hospitals Inclusion: having an artificial airway, mastering the Persian language, an acceptable level of consciousness, minimum literacy, having the ability to see and hear, at least 24 hours of stay in the intensive care unit and attending the unit for a full day. Exclusion: history of mental problems, having an underlying disease affecting the level of consciousness, hospitalization of the patient due to head injuries, change in the patient's state of consciousness

In the control group, communicating with the patient through common methods including lip-reading, sign language, etc., and in the intervention group, communicating with the use of designed software, each of the main needs of the patients is visualized on the pages. Digital has brought that these images themselves can be enlarged and sound, and by using it, it will be possible to communicate between the research nurse and the conscious patient without the ability to speak

Ease of communication, Satisfaction of conscious

The selected statistical population is divided into two intervention and control groups by the randomization method with a random sequence generated through the Randomization site. After the random allocation, the allocations will be taken in the envelopes, and after selecting the research sample, it will be removed from the envelope in the allocation package, and the person will be placed in the intervention or control group.

The evaluator and statistical analyst are unaware of the placement of the samples in the intervention or control group. In the data analysis stage, the groups will be entered into the software as A and B, and the statistical analyst will not be aware of the groups.