Clinical trial NCT06918223: Assessing Patient Satisfaction and Confidence After Use of Educational Video to Augment Surgical Consent for Thyroid Surgery
Official title: Assessing Patient Satisfaction and Confidence After Use of Educational Video to Augment Surgical Consent for Thyroid Surgery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Thyroid Cancer
Lead sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-04-09
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This study looks at how a short educational video can help people better understand thyroid surgery. Patients who have thyroid nodules and need surgery will be part of the study. Some patients will get the usual information from their doctor, while others will also watch a video that explains the surgery in a simple and clear way. The study will check if the video helps patients feel more confident about their decision, lowers anxiety, and helps them remember important information about their surgery. Patients will answer surveys before surgery, after surgery, and 3 months later.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria Fluent in English

* English is Primary Language
* ≥18 years old at time of consent
* Eligible for Thyroidectomy, lobectomy, isthmusectomy for any indication

Exclusion Criteria:

* History of prior thyroid surgery
* Previously consented for thyroid surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Patient knowledge score using a 10-item internally validated Thyroid Surgery Knowledge Assessment
timeFrame: Immediately after study enrollment (pre-consent) and immediately following the surgical consent process (post-consent)
measure: Decisional Conflict Score using the Decisional Conflict Scale (DCS)
timeFrame: Preoperatively (after the consent process and before surgery)
measure: Satisfaction with Decision Score using the Satisfaction with Decision Scale (SDS)
timeFrame: Immediately after consent (Preoperative), Postoperative Day 22, and Postoperative Day 100
measure: Decision Regret Score using the Decision Regret Scale (DRS)
timeFrame: Postoperative Day 22 and Postoperative Day 100
measure: Anxiety Score using the Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A)
timeFrame: Immediately after consent (Preoperative), Postoperative Day 22, and Postoperative Day 100
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Thomas Jefferson University
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Assistant Professor and Program Director
name: Elizabeth Cottrill Assistant Professor and Program Director, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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