Evaluation of Preoperative Counseling Video on Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Vaginal Prolapse Surgery
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- TriHealth Inc.
- Enrollment
- 160
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Pre-operative anxiety level in each group, as measured with the Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire.
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To determine whether a pre-operative educational video has an impact on the anxiety of patients undergoing vaginal prolapse surgery
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Prolapse surgery may include: apical repair with uterosacral ligament suspension, or sacrospinous/iliococcygeal ligament fixation, or sacrocolpopexy.
- •They may also have a concomitant total vaginal hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingectomy/oophorectomy, other compartment repairs for prolapse, or a suburethral sling for incontinence.
- •Surgery by one of the fellowship trained Urogynecologists at TriHealth
- •Age >= 18
- •English speaking
- •Able to comprehend and answer the survey completely.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Concomitant procedure with another surgeon
- •Resides in a nursing home
- •Non-English speaking
- •Patients with mental disability, Alzheimer's disease, dementia that would preclude complete answering of the survey or inability to answer the questions.
Arms & Interventions
Standard of Care
Standard verbal counseling provided to patients by clinic nurse about post-operative expectations
Intervention: Standard Counseling (Other)
Educational Video
An educational video to aid standard counseling packet on post-operative expectations
Intervention: Educational Video (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pre-operative anxiety level in each group, as measured with the Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire.
Time Frame: Immediately Pre-op
Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious)
Secondary Outcomes
- To assess a difference in anxiety levels, based on Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire score, in patients currently taking medication for anxiety(Immediately Pre-op)
- To assess a difference in anxiety levels, based on Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire score, in patients that did or did not watch the video at home(Immediately Pre-op)
