Impact of Preop Video on Patient Anxiety

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To determine whether a pre-operative educational video has an impact on the anxiety of patients undergoing vaginal prolapse surgery

Official Title
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Evaluation of Preoperative Counseling Video on Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Vaginal Prolapse Surgery

Conditions
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Prolapse, Vaginal, Prolapse, Uterine, Prolapse; Female

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Educational Video
* Other: Standard Counseling


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Placebo Comparator: Standard of Care<br>Standard verbal counseling provided to patients by clinic nurse about post-operative expectations | Other: Standard Counseling<br>* Current standard of care verbal counseling from a clinic nurse<br>|
| Active Comparator: Educational Video<br>An educational video to aid standard counseling packet on post-operative expectations | Other: Educational Video<br>* Patients will be given the link to the educational video and able to view it as many times as they want<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-operative anxiety level in each group, as measured with the Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire. | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) | Immediately Pre-op | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| To assess a difference in anxiety levels, based on Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire score, in patients currently taking medication for anxiety | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) | 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 | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) | Immediately Pre-op | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Anxiety, Video, Prolapse, Urogynecology