Use of Portable Technology in Patient Education of Shave/Punch Biopsies

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Biopsy
• Interventions: Other: video-based informed consent for skin biopsies; Other: traditional informed consent

• Registration Number: NCT01110148
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

The investigators investigated the use of portable MP3 technology in patient education and informed consent of shave and punch biopsies. Eighty patients were divided randomly into a control and experimental group. Control patients received the standard of care in patient education and informed consent. Experimental patients watched a short 80-second video on shave or punch biopsies. All patients were given pre- and post-education questionnaires to assess the efficacy of each method.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-07
• Status Verified: 2010-04
• Primary Completion: 2010-04
• Study Completion: 2010-04
• Study First Submitted: 2010-04-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-04-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-04-23
• Study First Posted: 2010-04-26
• Last Update Posted: 2010-04-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

• English speaker
• Receiving shave or punch biopsy

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18 years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Video-based informed consent	video-based informed consent for skin biopsies	patients receiving informed consent through video format
traditional informed consent	traditional informed consent	patients receiving traditional informed consent from the physicians.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure the post-education knowledge of each intervention arm	at the end of the study visit	Compare the post-education knowledge between the two intervention arms: one conventional informed consent process, the other video-based informed consent process. Knowledge will be measured through a questionnaire administered before and after patient education is given.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California Davis Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States