Does Multimedia Perioperative Teaching Improve Patient Experience in the Treatment of Endometrial Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Endometrium Cancer
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 87
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Patient satisfaction
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is an interventional trial to introduce two short animated videos into preoperative counseling/consent and to compare patient comprehension and satisfaction with a multimedia approach compared to standard of care currently. The investigators anticipate that patients will retain more information about their surgery and peri-operative care and will be more satisfied with a multimedia approach.
Detailed Description
The investigators plan a pilot study where patients will be randomized to receiving standard consent and teaching prior to their planned surgery for endometrial cancer or standard consent and multimedia video aid with targeted teaching. This video will be an adjunct to the standard consent process and supplement the pre and post-operative teaching that is currently not formalized. The primary outcome is patient satisfaction. The secondary outcomes include patient understanding and physician satisfaction. The investigators hypothesize that patients will be more satisfied when their consent for surgery is done in conjunction with this multimedia aid.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •English-speaking
- •Has diagnosis of endometrial cancer
- •Planned minimally invasive surgical treatment with hysterectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-English speaking
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Patient satisfaction
Time Frame: 1 day (assessed at first visit)
Patient satisfaction with the clinic visit (either new patient visit where they are consented for surgery or a pre-operative visit). Patient satisfaction will be measured using two survey tools: a single question to assess global satisfaction with the clinic visit (on a scale from 1-10) and an 8 question validated satisfaction survey (Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 or CSQ-8). Patient satisfaction will be compared between the control and intervention groups. For the single question satisfaction question, answers are on a scale from 1-10, the higher numbers indicating higher satisfaction. The CSQ8 survey contains 8 questions that all have answers ranging from 1 to 4, with higher numbers indicating higher satisfaction.
Secondary Outcomes
- Patient comprehension(6-8 weeks (assessed at 3 time points - first clinic visit, inpatient at time of surgery, and at follow-up visit 4-6 weeks after surgery))
- Physician satisfaction(1 day (assessed at first visit))
- Visit length(1 day (assessed during first visit))