Effect of Patient Education Videos on Perioperative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Sinus Surgery

Effect of Patient Education Videos on Perioperative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04595461

Enrollment

Registered

2020-10-20

Start date

2017-05-01

Completion date

2020-05-01

Last updated

2020-11-03

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Conditions

Chronic Rhinosinusitis (Diagnosis)

Brief summary

Chronic rhinosinusitis treatment consists of medical management and surgical intervention. Improving patient education can positively impact perioperative patient experiential outcomes such as anxiety, pain and satisfaction. However, online education materials are often too complex, inaccurate or misleading. The objective of this study was to determine if patient education videos at an appropriate reading level would improve perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery.

Interventions

OTHERVideo Education

Patients receive four short YouTube videos explaining chronic rhinosinusitis and endoscopic sinus surgery

OTHERControl

Standard patient education with verbal and written education

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Caregiver)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years of age or older * English speaking * diagnosed with CRS according to Canadian Guidelines * computer or mobile phone access were included

Exclusion criteria

* immunocompromised * had sinonasal tumours * history of anxiety, depression, bipolar, or any other mental illnesses

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pre-operative Patient Anxiety	1 hour preoperatively	Measured with State Trait Anxiety Inventory (range 20-80, higher score shows higher anxiety)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Post-operative Anxiety	1 week post-operative	Measured with State Trait Anxiety Inventory (range 20-80, higher score shows higher anxiety)
Post-operative Pain	1 week post-operative	Measured via Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means worse pain)
Post-operative Satisfaction	1 week post-operative	Measured via Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means better satisfaction)
Post-operative medication adherence	1 week post-operative	Measured via frequency of nasal irrigation per day

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026