Effect of Pre-operative Consultation on Patient Anxiety and Satisfaction Following First-time Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Anxiety
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
- Enrollment
- 31
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The score on the PSQ-18 survey following the Mohs procedure
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
To determine if in-office pre-operative consultation has a significant effect on the anxiety level and overall post-operative satisfaction of patients undergoing first time Mohs surgery
Detailed Description
This study is designed to determine if having a seperate in-office pre-operative consultation with the dermatologist before having a dermatologic procedure has any effect on patient anxiety levels and satisfaction following the procedure. The goal of the study is to help us understand if pre-operative consultation is beneficial to patients to reduce anxiety and increase satisfaction following the procedure.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adults 18 years old or older
- •Able to provide consent for participation
- •Fluency in English
- •Presenting for first-time Mohs surgery for treatment of a cutaneous malignancy
Exclusion Criteria
- •• Patients under 18 years old
- •Prisoners
- •Patients unable to provide consent
- •History of prior Mohs surgery
- •Patients requiring multi-disciplinary care (i.e. Involvement of other surgical specialties such as Plastic Surgery or Ophthalmology for reconstruction)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The score on the PSQ-18 survey following the Mohs procedure
Time Frame: 2 years
The PSQ-18 (aka patient satisfaction questionaire-18) is a validated assessment tool developed to measure holistic patient satisfaction with the aspects of clinical care (assessing six domains of patient satisfaction: technical quality, interpersonal manner, communication, financial aspects of care, accessibility of care and time spent with the physician), and by virtue of its brevity (18 questions taking an average of 3-4 minutes to complete) has great utility for measuring patient satisfaction in the clinical setting. Each question ranges from 1-5. Lower scores are better. The primary null hypothesis for this study is that mean PSQ-18 survey scores do not differ between patients receiving pre-operative consultation versus those not receiving this intervention.
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient anxiety as measured on the 10-point VAS scale for anxiety(2 years)