A Single-site Randomized Controlled Trial of an Patient Educational Video to Improve Postoperative Pain and Overall Recovery Satisfaction After Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Benign Indication
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Benaroya Research Institute
- Enrollment
- 94
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Overall satisfaction score (5 point Likert scale) with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The use of multi-model patient education has been used in a variety of medical specialties to educate patients on expectations for various medical procedures and improve patients' understanding of their own health care. However, it is unknown what type of audio and/or visual materials work best in a given clinical setting. By surveying overall pain/post-operative recovery satisfaction we can measure how well our video intervention educates and reinforces post-operative management at home when compared to the current method of education that patients receive at the pre-operative visit prior to laparoscopic hysterectomy at this institution.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •18y/o or older
- •planned for a laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign indications
Exclusion Criteria
- •inability to consent
- •language other than English
- •conversion to laparotomy, vNOTES (a type of laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysteroectomy)
- •vaginal hysterectomy
- •chronic opioid use prior to surgery
Arms & Interventions
Educational Video Intervention
Participants have been randomly selected into this arm to receive intervention via the educational video in addition to regular treatment and recovery options.
Intervention: Educational Video (Behavioral)
No Intervention
Participants have been randomly selected into this arm to not receive intervention and continue with regular treatment and recovery options.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Overall satisfaction score (5 point Likert scale) with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy
Time Frame: Within 10 days post surgery
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations can improve patients' overall satisfaction with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of post-op emergency room visits(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Number of readmissions(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Pain score at the time of survey completion (0=no pain 10=worst pain(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Number of post-op phone calls received(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Average pain score for the first 7 days as perceived by the patients (likert scale)(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Number opioids taken since surgery(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Number of patients with steri-strips still in place(Within 10 days post surgery)
- Overall satisfaction with pre-operative education regarding surgery (5 point Likert scale)(Within 10 days post surgery)
- ding surgery (5 point likert scale) Overall satisfaction with educations regarding what to expect post-operatively (5 point Likert scale)(Within 10 days post surgery)
Investigators
Megan Loring
MD, Gynecologist
Benaroya Research Institute