Computer-based Tutorial for the Informed Consent Process for Cataract Surgery in Turkish or Serbian Speaking Patients

NCT ID: NCT03748368

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-01

Study Completion Date

2020-07-01

Brief Summary

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Investigate if a computer-based tutorial enhances the quality and efficiency of the informed consent process for cataract surgery in Turkish or Serbian speaking patients.

Detailed Description

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Informing the patient and obtaining informed consent is one of the major duties physicians have to perform before beginning a medical treatment. However, patients often experience the informed consent taking as not satisfying. In the past, several approaches were used to try to improve the informed consent taking, such as printed information sheets and multimedia tools.

A novel concept introduced several years ago is to use a multimedia tool including a so-called traffic light system. The patient sees and hears information concerning cataract surgery on a touch screen and after each short chapter a traffic light is shown on the touch screen. At this point the patient has to decide, whether everything is clear and he wants to continue (green light), if he has further questions for the ophthalmologist (yellow light), or if he wants to repeat the chapter (red light). The patient's feedback for each chapter is then printed and guides the ophthalmologist during the face to face interview. This approach is called "CatInfo tool".

The German version of the CatInfo tool has been developed and evaluated in a previous study. In short, the CatInfo tool was developed as a multidisciplinary project including patients, graphic designers and ophthalmologists. The first version of the tool was evaluated in patient focus-groups. Afterwards, an evaluation study including 60 patients was performed. Main outcome was the following: patients who used the CatInfo tool were significantly better informed than patients only having a face to face interview with an ophthalmologist and the feedback concerning the CatInfo tool was good. Meanwhile the German version of the CatInfo tool is part of our daily routine and thousands of patients profited from the CatInfo tool consent always additional to the face to face interview with an ophthalmologist. However, some patients are not able to use the CatInfo tool. One reason is that they are not literate in German. Aim of this study is to translate and evaluate a Serbian and Turkish version of the CatInfo tool to allow better access.

Conditions

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Cataract

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Cataract presentation

Cataract presentation prior to surgery

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Cataract presentation

Intervention Type OTHER

Presentation about cataract surgery

Placebo presentation

Placebo presentation prior to surgery

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo presentation

Intervention Type OTHER

Presentation about the history of the hospital

Interventions

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Cataract presentation

Presentation about cataract surgery

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo presentation

Presentation about the history of the hospital

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cataract
* Age 21 and older
* First eye to be operated
* No previous ophthalmic surgery
* Written informed consent to participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Not literate in Serbian (Serbian group) / Turkish (Turkish group) or German (both groups)
* Visual acuity of less than 6/60 in the worse eye
* Severe hearing loss
* Inability to use touch screen device (e.g. severe tremor, etc.)
* Pregnancy - for women in the reproductive age a pregnancy test is required
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

105 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Prim. Prof. Dr. Oliver Findl, MBA

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Vienna Institute for Research in Ocular Surgery (VIROS)

Vienna, , Austria

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Austria

Central Contacts

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Nino Hirnschall, MD

Role: CONTACT

01 91021-57564

Manuel Ruiß, MSc.

Role: CONTACT

01 91021-57564

Facility Contacts

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Nino Hirnschall, MD

Role: primary

01 91021-57564

Manuel Ruiß, MSc.

Role: backup

01 91021-57564

Other Identifiers

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CatInfo SK/TK

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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