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Conditions
Brief summary
Informed consent is an not only an essential part of preparing a patient for surgery, but also a legal requirement. Surgeons typically explain the condition, procedure, risks and benefits and expected recovery of the intended treatment. This didactic method of information delivery can often miss out important components, and patients may not retain much knowledge from these discussions. Audio-video presentations have already been shown to be a promising medium to aid patient understanding and increase satisfaction during the consent process. This project will investigate the role of video media in providing a better informed consent process for patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy, as compared with standard face-to-face verbal consent between doctor and patient. Patients who require this operation will be invited to participate in the study. When enrolled, participants will be randomised to receive either the intervention (video media) or standard method of consent first. A short knowledge test and consumer satisfaction questionnaire will be completed, and then the process repeated for the opposite consent method. At the conclusion, the participant's preference between video media or standard face-to-face consent will be recorded.
Interventions
The intervention will be a six minute video detailing the condition of appendicitis, appendicectomy and it's alternatives, the common and serious but rare risks of the procedures, and the expected post-operative recovery. The video will be presented to the individual participant on a tablet device, and adherence will be monitored by direct observation by study personnel. The control consent method will be presented immediately after the knowledge test and CSQ-8 have been assessed for the interve
The intervention will be a six minute video detailing the condition of appendicitis, appendicectomy and it's alternatives, the common and serious but rare risks of the procedures, and the expected post-operative recovery. The video will be presented to the individual participant on a tablet device, and adherence will be monitored by direct observation by study personnel. The control consent method will be presented immediately after the knowledge test and CSQ-8 have been assessed for the intervention method, and vice-versa.
Sponsors
University of Newcastle
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Age > 16 years Able to read and write in English Able to give consent Able to watch a video Clinically indicated for appendicectomy or diagnostic laparoscopy, as determined by treating surgical team
Exclusion criteria
Patients requiring an urgent operation, and conducting the study would prolong the patient's time to the operating theatre. Patients with significant pain which would impede completion of the questionnaires.
Outcome results
None listed