The use of video media in informed consent in patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- AppendicitisSurgery - Other surgeryPublic Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12618000870257
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Newcastle
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Age > 16 years
Able to read and write in English
Able to give consent
Able to watch a video
Clinically indicated for appendicectomy or diagnostic laparoscopy, as determined by treating surgical team
Exclusion Criteria
Patients requiring an urgent operation, and conducting the study would prolong the patient's time to the operating theatre.
Patients with significant pain which would impede completion of the questionnaires.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method