Evaluation of Mixed Reality in preoperative patient education before surgical treatment of a juxta- or infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Not Applicable

• Conditions: I71.4; Abdominal aortic aneurysm, without mention of rupture

• Registration Number: DRKS00025174
• Lead Sponsor: niversitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Klinik für Gefäßchirurgie und Endovaskuläre Chirurgie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-23
• Study Completion: 2022-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

1. patients of full age (>18 years)
2. age at the time of patient education = 80 years
3. patients who are capable of giving consent
4. existing written and signed declaration of consent to participate in the study
5. patients in whom surgical treatment of a juxta- or infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm is planned at the Clinic for Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery Heidelberg.

Exclusion Criteria

1. patients who are not capable of giving consent
2. refusal to participate in the study
3. emergency indication (symptomatic or ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms)
4. cognitive or physical impairment that makes cooperation in the use of the mixed reality viewer impossible
5. discontinuation of study participation or withdrawal of a signed informed consent form (leads to deletion of data, provided anonymisation has not yet taken place)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome criteria:<br>informational gain and patient satisfaction measured by a questionnaire. The interviews take place before and after the preoperative surgical information.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary objective criteria are aimed at the user experience when using the head-mounted display and are therefore only recorded in the study group.<br><br>The practical/impractical and pleasant/unpleasant aspects of using the 3D glasses are recorded. In addition, the study participants were asked whether they would also like to use mixed reality for future patient education.