Impact of Educational Videos on Pre-operative Anxiety

NCT07740759 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 1 other identifier: 26-148-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if educational videos can reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. The main question it aims to answer are: do patient education videos decrease preoperative anxiety? do patient education videos increase patient preparedness for surgery? Researchers will compare the group who watched the videos preoperatively to the group who only underwent the usual counseling at the preoperative visit to see if the results of a survey that measures anxiety and preparedness differ. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group that will be asked to watch the educational videos and one group that will not. All participants will attend their pre-operative appointment as usual and complete a survey afterwards.

Conditions

Endometriosis; Fibroids; Adenomyosis; Pelvic Pain; Abnormal Uterine Bleeding; Adnexal Mass; Hysterectomy; Ovarian Cystectomy; Adnexal Surgery; Myomectomy; Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery

Keywords

minimally invasive gynecologic surgery; pre-operative anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Preoperative anxiety as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

  The STAI will be used to survey the anxiety patients feel in relation to their upcoming surgery. An STAI score of ≥ 40 has been used to define clinical anxiety in the literature, so this will be the threshold to define clinically significant pre-operative anxiety. STAI scores will be compared between groups using linear regression models, both unadjusted and adjusted for any unbalanced baseline covariates.

  once, at the preoperative appointment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Preoperative patient preparedness

  Once, at the preoperative appointment

Study Arms (2)

Video group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will be provided the educational videos to watch before their preoperative appointment.

Other: educational video

Usual care group

NO INTERVENTION

This group will not be sent the educational videos before their preoperative appointment.

Interventions

educational video OTHER

The videos provide an overview of the following topics: preoperative instructions, female pelvic anatomy, positioning during surgery, the uterine manipulator device, pelvic laparoscopy, total hysterectomy, and postoperative instructions.

Video group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• English speaking patients over the age of 18 who plan to undergo any of the following laparoscopic surgeries, which includes robotic-assisted laparoscopy, with a MIGS provider: diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic endometriosis excision, adnexal surgery, laparoscopic myomectomy, total laparoscopic hysterectomy
• Concomitant procedures permitted (such as bowel resection for endometriosis, hysteroscopy, dilation and curettage, cystoscopy, etc.)

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant patients
• Incarcerated patients
• Patients under the age of 18

Sponsors & Collaborators

• UConn Health: lead

Study Sites (1)

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Kenton K, Pham T, Mueller E, Brubaker L. Patient preparedness: an important predictor of surgical outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec;197(6):654.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.08.059.

  PMID: 18060968 BACKGROUND

• Sassani JC, Grosse PJ, Kunkle L, Baranski L, Ackenbom MF. Patient Preparedness for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Randomized Equivalence Trial of Preoperative Counseling. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2021 Dec 1;27(12):719-725. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001049.

  PMID: 33787563 BACKGROUND

• Wilson CJ, Mitchelson AJ, Tzeng TH, El-Othmani MM, Saleh J, Vasdev S, LaMontagne HJ, Saleh KJ. Caring for the surgically anxious patient: a review of the interventions and a guide to optimizing surgical outcomes. Am J Surg. 2016 Jul;212(1):151-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.03.023. Epub 2015 Jun 2.

  PMID: 26138522 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Endometriosis; Leiomyoma; Adenomyosis; Pelvic Pain; Metrorrhagia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Genital Diseases, Female; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Genital Diseases; Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue; Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Neoplasms; Uterine Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Uterine Hemorrhage; Hemorrhage; Pathologic Processes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 22, 2026
• First Posted: August 3, 2026
• Study Start: July 17, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2028
• Last Updated: August 3, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)