Evaluating the Impact of Video Discharge Instructions for Mohs Surgery Post-Operative Care
- Conditions
- Linear ClosureSurgery
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Standard of CareBehavioral: Video Discharge InstructionsBehavioral: Telecommunication Reminders
- Registration Number
- NCT02970435
- Lead Sponsor
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this research is to look at how educational videos provided by doctors might affect patients knowledge, satisfaction, confidence, and anxiety with post-operative Mohs surgery care. Patients will be randomized to either: 1) a group that receives educational videos in addition to standard-of-care written and verbal instructions or 2) a group that receives only standard-of-care written and verbal instructions.
- Detailed Description
The Primary Objective of this study is to determine if video discharge instructions, when added to standard of care written and verbal instructions, lead to a decrease in unnecessary phone calls from patients in a Mohs dermatology clinic.
The Secondary Objectives of this study are to determine if video discharge instructions, when added to standard of care written and verbal instructions, help to improve patients' satisfaction with education materials provided by the clinic, improve patients' knowledge of post-operative management, improve patients' confidence in taking care of their suture site post-operatively, and reduce post-operative anxiety about their suture site.
This study will be a randomized controlled trial in which the impact of video discharge instructions on patient calls, anxiety, and confidence will be evaluated. Patients will be randomized using a permuted block model generated through SAS.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
- Patients who underwent a linear closure on the face at UH Mohs clinic
- Fluent English speakers
● Non-fluent English speakers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Verbal and Written Discharge Instructions Standard of Care Nursing and medical staff will provide verbal and written discharge instructions as is standard of care post surgery Video Discharge Instructions Telecommunication Reminders These videos contain the same instructions that a patient receives via the standard-of-care verbal and written discharge instructions. These instructions will be delivered by the same nursing and medical staff that also regularly provides verbal and written discharge instructions to patients. There will be no difference in the content between the standard-of-care verbal and written instructions and the video discharge instructions. Patients in this group will receive telecommunication reminders on how to access discharge videos. Video Discharge Instructions Video Discharge Instructions These videos contain the same instructions that a patient receives via the standard-of-care verbal and written discharge instructions. These instructions will be delivered by the same nursing and medical staff that also regularly provides verbal and written discharge instructions to patients. There will be no difference in the content between the standard-of-care verbal and written instructions and the video discharge instructions. Patients in this group will receive telecommunication reminders on how to access discharge videos. Video Discharge Instructions Standard of Care These videos contain the same instructions that a patient receives via the standard-of-care verbal and written discharge instructions. These instructions will be delivered by the same nursing and medical staff that also regularly provides verbal and written discharge instructions to patients. There will be no difference in the content between the standard-of-care verbal and written instructions and the video discharge instructions. Patients in this group will receive telecommunication reminders on how to access discharge videos.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ratio of patients in the intervention group who call the clinic compared to percentage of patients in the control group who call the clinic Up to 8 weeks after discharge Researchers will record when each participant calls the clinic. The number of people who call in the intervention group will be compared to the number of people who call in the control group. This will give an efficacy measure of the video discharge instructions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in satisfaction in intervention group versus control group Up to 8 weeks after discharge A survey investigating patient satisfaction about Mohs surgery post-operative care will be used in this study. This survey will be quantified using the Likert scale.
Difference in self reported anxiety levels in intervention group versus control group Up to 8 weeks after discharge A survey investigating anxiety about Mohs surgery post-operative care will be used in this study. This survey will be quantified using the Likert scale.
Difference in knowledge of discharge instructions in intervention group versus control group Up to 8 weeks after discharge Answers to survey questions investigating knowledge of discharge instruction will be compared between the control and intervention groups.
Difference in confidence in intervention group versus control group Up to 8 weeks after discharge A survey investigating confidence about Mohs surgery post-operative care will be used in this study. This survey will be quantified using the Likert scale.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospitals at Cleveland Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States