Evaluating the Impact of Video Discharge Instructions for Mohs Surgery Post-Operative Care

NCT ID: NCT02970435

Last Updated: 2021-01-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-07-12
• Study Completion Date: 2019-06-21

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to look at how educational videos provided by doctors might affect patients knowledge, satisfaction, confidence, and anxiety with post-operative Mohs surgery care. Patients will be randomized to either: 1) a group that receives educational videos in addition to standard-of-care written and verbal instructions or 2) a group that receives only standard-of-care written and verbal instructions.

Detailed Description

The Primary Objective of this study is to determine if video discharge instructions, when added to standard of care written and verbal instructions, lead to a decrease in unnecessary phone calls from patients in a Mohs dermatology clinic.

The Secondary Objectives of this study are to determine if video discharge instructions, when added to standard of care written and verbal instructions, help to improve patients' satisfaction with education materials provided by the clinic, improve patients' knowledge of post-operative management, improve patients' confidence in taking care of their suture site post-operatively, and reduce post-operative anxiety about their suture site.

This study will be a randomized controlled trial in which the impact of video discharge instructions on patient calls, anxiety, and confidence will be evaluated. Patients will be randomized using a permuted block model generated through SAS.

Conditions

Linear Closure; Surgery

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Video Discharge Instructions

These videos contain the same instructions that a patient receives via the standard-of-care verbal and written discharge instructions. These instructions will be delivered by the same nursing and medical staff that also regularly provides verbal and written discharge instructions to patients. There will be no difference in the content between the standard-of-care verbal and written instructions and the video discharge instructions. Patients in this group will receive telecommunication reminders on how to access discharge videos.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Video Discharge Instructions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The video discharge instructions, will be provided to the patient at the time of surgical procedure.

Telecommunication Reminders

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Telecommunication reminders including text messages, email, or phone calls to remind participants how to access the video discharge instruction up to three times before follow-up

Standard of Care

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care: verbal and written discharge instructions for patients after surgery

Verbal and Written Discharge Instructions

Nursing and medical staff will provide verbal and written discharge instructions as is standard of care post surgery

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard of Care

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care: verbal and written discharge instructions for patients after surgery

Interventions

Video Discharge Instructions

The video discharge instructions, will be provided to the patient at the time of surgical procedure.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Telecommunication Reminders

Telecommunication reminders including text messages, email, or phone calls to remind participants how to access the video discharge instruction up to three times before follow-up

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Standard of Care

Standard of Care: verbal and written discharge instructions for patients after surgery

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients who underwent a linear closure on the face at UH Mohs clinic
• Fluent English speakers

Exclusion Criteria

● Non-fluent English speakers

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Jeremy Bordeaux, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Locations

University Hospitals at Cleveland Medical Center, Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

CASE1616

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id