Randomized Controlled Study on Patient Preoperative Preparedness and Satisfaction Using a Redesigned Handout for Robotic Sacrocolpopexy
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 51
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Patient preparedness
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a new preoperative handout for patients undergoing robotic sacrocolpopexy will improve patient sense of preparedness and satisfaction in comparison to the previously used handout. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does the new preoperative handout for patients undergoing robotic sacrocolpopexy improve patient preparedness and satisfaction?
- Will the new preoperative handout for patients undergoing robotic sacrocolpopexy impact postoperative queries in the form of phone calls and messages to the clinic?
Participants will:
- Receive routine counseling regarding robotic sacrocolpopexy from their surgeon
- Be randomized to the new or old preoperative handout
- Undergo robotic sacrocolpopexy
- Complete a questionnaire at their 4 week postoperative follow up visit regarding their sense of preparedness for surgery and overall satisfaction
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •women who were to undergo robotic sacrocolpopexy with or without supracervical hysterectomy, rectopexy, salpingectomy, urinary incontinence procedures, or other minor procedures.
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients unable to provide informed consent, those undergoing other concomitant major abdominal surgeries, patients less than 18 years old, pregnant patients, non-English speaking patients, and patients planning postoperative follow up at an outside facility.
Arms & Interventions
Old preoperative handout
Standard or old preoperative handout for robotic sacrocolpopexy was based off of the handout for robotic sacrocolpopexy from the American Urogynecologic Society
Intervention: old preoperative handout (Other)
New preoperative handout
A new preoperative handout for robotic sacrocolpopexy was designed by changing the old preoperative handout such that it was written at a lower grade reading level and provided more perioperative details
Intervention: new preoperative handout (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Patient preparedness
Time Frame: Assessed at the postoperative visit 4 to 6 weeks after srugery
Patients sense of preparedness for robotic sacrocolpopexy was measured with a series of 5 point Likert style questions (ranging strongly disagree to strongly agree). Specifically, patients were asked how satisfied the were with 1) information provided by their surgeon, 2) time spent with the patient preparing them for surgery, 3) overall sense of sense of preparedness.
Secondary Outcomes
- patient satisfaction(4 week postoperatively)
Investigators
Christine Herforth
Urology Fellow
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center