Prolapse, Vaginal, Prolapse, Uterine, Prolapse; Female
Conditions
Keywords
Anxiety, Video, Prolapse, Urogynecology
Brief summary
To determine whether a pre-operative educational video has an impact on the anxiety of patients undergoing vaginal prolapse surgery
Interventions
OTHEREducational Video
Patients will be given the link to the educational video and able to view it as many times as they want
OTHERStandard Counseling
Current standard of care verbal counseling from a clinic nurse
Sponsors
TriHealth Inc.
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Prolapse surgery may include: apical repair with uterosacral ligament suspension, or sacrospinous/iliococcygeal ligament fixation, or sacrocolpopexy. * They may also have a concomitant total vaginal hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingectomy/oophorectomy, other compartment repairs for prolapse, or a suburethral sling for incontinence. * Surgery by one of the fellowship trained Urogynecologists at TriHealth * Age \>= 18 * English speaking * Able to comprehend and answer the survey completely.
Exclusion criteria
* Concomitant procedure with another surgeon * Resides in a nursing home * Non-English speaking * Patients with mental disability, Alzheimer's disease, dementia that would preclude complete answering of the survey or inability to answer the questions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-operative anxiety level in each group, as measured with the Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire. | Immediately Pre-op | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To assess a difference in anxiety levels, based on Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire score, in patients currently taking medication for anxiety | Immediately Pre-op | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) |
| To assess a difference in anxiety levels, based on Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire score, in patients that did or did not watch the video at home | Immediately Pre-op | Surgical Anxiety Questionnaire is a validated, 17 question survey with scores ranging from 0 (least anxious) to 68 (most anxious) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed