None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this research study is to assess whether patient education alters the frequency of representations to a doctor, following insertion of a ureteric stent for calculus (stone) disease. Patients who have ureteric stents placed for stone disease will be approached for this study. They will be consented to: 1. Placement of their name on a register 2. Being contacted within 3 months by telephone where they will be asked whether they presented to their General Practitioner (GP) or Emergency Department (ED) for stent symptoms and if so, what the symptoms were. 3. GP may be called to clarify further information Patients involved in the study will be randomised (through time of presentation) to either standard care, education leaflet or education leaflet as well as educational video. Participants in the study will then be contacted by telephone within 3 months of stent insertion and questioned regarding presentations to their GP or ED. If they did, they will be asked regarding what symptoms they presented for and the health provider may be contacted to clarify further information. The data will be evaluated to review if different levels of education may affect the representation rate following stent insertion.
Interventions
Intervention 1: Formal education in form of Written Handout
- Written handout will include subtitles of: What is a Stent? Why do you need a stent? What side effects should I expect? When should I see a doctor for stent symptoms? When will the stent be removed? What can I do with the stent in place? It will also include a visual image of the stent within kidney, ureter and bladder.
- Written information will be provided on the ward after stent insertion and prior to discharge. Patients will be
Intervention 1: Formal education in form of Written Handout - Written handout will include subtitles of: What is a Stent? Why do you need a stent? What side effects should I expect? When should I see a doctor for stent symptoms? When will the stent be removed? What can I do with the stent in place? It will also include a visual image of the stent within kidney, ureter and bladder. - Written information will be provided on the ward after stent insertion and prior to discharge. Patients will be given this information handout to keep. - This intervention will technically last until their followup phone call which will occur within 3 months and after their stent is removed (stents are usually removed between 2-6 weeks). Intervention 2: Formal education in form of Written Handout AND Informative Video - The Written handout is exactly the same as Intervention 1. - The informative video will include a visual(animated) projection of the stent and where it lies anatomically. Otherwise, the information provided will be the same as the written handout except that it will include audio as well as visual information. Again, it will be the same information as the written handout. - Both these forms of education will occur after stent insertion and before discharge. Patients can keep their written handout and will be able to view the informative video only once. - The duration of the intervention will be until they receive their phone call after stent extraction and within 3 months.
Sponsors
Dr Gideon Blecher
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 110 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients receiving ureteric stents as part of usual management for calculus disease.
Exclusion criteria
Patients will be excluded from the study if they have stents put in for non-calculus disease, for calculus disease in the presence of urinary infection or if they are non-english speaking.
Outcome results
None listed