Preoperative Patient Education Via Animated Videos to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Reduce Complications in Head and Neck Surgery

NCT04048538 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Precare
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This randomized control trial will compare traditional patient education methods (pamphlets, clinical visits) to the implementation of an innovated patient education platform. The purpose of the project is to determine whether the use of this animation based patient education platform prior to undergoing surgery will lead to improved patient satisfaction and quality of life.

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction; Surgery

Keywords

patient education; surgical education; multimedia; animation; guide

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patient Satisfaction

  analyzed using patient questionnaire responses

  1 month post-operative

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Post-operative complication rate

  1 month post-operative

Study Arms (2)

Treatment Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Individuals who will receive access to the animated multimedia platform prior to their surgical procedure.

Other: Precare

Control Arm

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Individuals who will not receive access to the animated patient platform, and instead will receive the usual standard of care.

Other: usual standard of care

Interventions

Precare OTHER

an innovative patient education platform using animated videos created by using up-to-date evidence-based informaiton

Treatment Arm

usual standard of care OTHER

individuals will receive treatment as per the usual standard of care

Control Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Individuals having any of the following surgical procedure at the Jewish General Hospital over the next 12 months: head and neck cancer resection with or without reconstruction, excision of parotid lesion, thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, laryngectomy, or trans-oral robotic resection.

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who are undergoing a surgical procedure not included in the ones listed above, or those who are having revision surgery or have previously had surgery in the otolaryngology, head and neck surgery department.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jewish General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jewish General Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Turkdogan S, Roy CF, Chartier G, Payne R, Mlynarek A, Forest VI, Hier M. Effect of Perioperative Patient Education via Animated Videos in Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Feb 1;148(2):173-179. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3765.

  PMID: 34967863 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 6, 2019
• First Posted: August 7, 2019
• Study Start: September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2020
• Study Completion: January 30, 2021
• Last Updated: October 18, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)