Does a Patient Education Video Augment Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Compliance?

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Completed

Brief Summary: The investigators intend to measure compliance with attending pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) in a Urogynecology population by randomizing patients to either viewing a four minute educational video or reading a handout explaining the therapy.

Detailed Description: Patients who have been interviewed, examined, and a plan has been made by the treating physicians in the Female Pelvic Medicine \& Reconstructive Surgery practice will be invited to participate at the end of the visit if the patient and physician mutually agree that PFPT is the treatment modality to pursue.

If she agrees to participate, she will be consented and randomized. If she is randomized to standard counseling, she will be given the standard handout to read. If she is randomized to the intervention, she will receive the standard handout and view the 4-minute educational video on an iPad.

At the conclusion of the counseling, patients will be asked if they have any additional questions, and these will be recorded and answered. The patient will also fill out a visual analog scale about how informed she feels regarding PFPT.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have prescribed PFPT by a treating physician in the Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery practice

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental Counseling	Educational handout	Patients randomized to this arm receive experimental counseling on the importance of attending PFPT appointments. This includes the standard 2-page educational handout and a 4-minute educational video.
Experimental Counseling	Educational video	Patients randomized to this arm receive experimental counseling on the importance of attending PFPT appointments. This includes the standard 2-page educational handout and a 4-minute educational video.
Standard Counseling	Educational handout	Patients randomized to this arm receive standard counseling on the importance of attending PFPT appointments. This includes the standard 2-page educational handout.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Completed PT Visits	3 months	The number of patients who completed at least half of their recommended PFPT visits is compared between those assigned to enhanced counseling versus standard counseling

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PFPT Discharge	3 months	The number of patients who discharged from PFPT is compared between those assigned to enhanced counseling versus standard counseling
Change in Urogenital Distress From Baseline to 3 Months	3 months	Patients complete the Urinary Distress Inventory 6 (UDI-6) prior to beginning PFPT therapy and following PFPT therapy. The change in UDI-6 from baseline to 3 months following therapy is compared between those assigned to enhanced counseling versus standard counseling. The UDI-6 is an assessment of urogenital distress with a score range from 0 to 100, where higher scores indicate greater disability.
Initiation of PFPT	3 months	The number of patients who initiated PFPT is compared between those assigned to enhanced counseling versus standard counseling
Days to Initiation of PFPT	3 months	The number of days from referral to PFPT to the first PFPT visit is compared between those assigned to enhanced counseling versus standard counseling