Objectives: To assess the effect on needed nursing time for dressing change.
Design, Setting, Participants: A parallel-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial in patients who are in need for a peripherally inserted central catheter insertion in one teaching hospital in Belgium. The follow-up lasted 180 days or until catheter removal, whatever came first.
Purpose/objectives: to investigate sensory perceptions of patients who underwent insertion of a totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) under local anesthesia.
Research Approach: qualitative, exploratory study.
Setting: tertiary care center in Belgium.