Interactive Perioperative Teaching Platform (IPTP)

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The proposed study will assess whether an interactive perioperative teaching platform (IPTP) provided to families of patients undergoing ambulatory pediatric surgery will reduce families' anxiety, and improve satisfaction and understanding, relative to current practice. The IPTP will educate patient families on the continuum of their child's surgical experience, from arriving at the hospital through registration, the operating room (OR), and the hospital floor. An active video format will be used to provide instructions for navigating the hospital; describe induction of anesthesia and the surgical procedure; and provide post-surgery and post-discharge instructions for pain management. A comparison cohort of patients undergoing surgery without access to the IPTP will be recruited to assess the benefits of the IPTP for improving metrics of family satisfaction, preoperative anxiety, and postoperative understanding of discharge instructions.

Official Title
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Interactive Perioperative Teaching Platform (IPTP)

Conditions
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Adenoid Hypertrophy, Tonsillar Hypertrophy, Cryptorchidism, Hypospadias, Hydrocele

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Interactive Perioperative Teaching Platform


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Children aged 0-18 years Undergoing adenotonsillectomy or orchiopexy, hydrocele or hypospadias repair Only patients booked for ambulatory surgery in the main operating room (OR) Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded if they have previously undergone surgery or require a translator

Ages Eligible for Study
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Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

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: Other
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: IPTP<br>Patients will have access to the web-based interactive teaching tool. | Other: Interactive Perioperative Teaching Platform<br>* An active video format will be used to provide instructions for navigating the hospital; describe induction of anesthesia and the surgical procedure; and provide post-surgery and post-discharge instructions for pain management.<br>* Other names: IPTP;|
| No Intervention: Non-IPTP<br>Patients will not have access to the web-based interactive teaching tool. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patient family satisfaction | Family satisfaction will be assessed by a member of the research team using an adaptation of the English version of the Leiden Perioperative Patient Satisfaction questionnaire (LPPSq) recommended for research on satisfaction with surgeries involving anesthesia. The English version assesses 4 domains of satisfaction: information provision, professional competence, patient-staff relationship, and service with a total of 24 questions on these topics. It is scored on a 1-5 Likert scale (from completely dissatisfied to completely satisfied). | Immediately prior to discharge | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Anxiety level | Anxiety will be measured using the short-form State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 10 with scores ranging from 6-24 (least to most anxious). | Baseline |