Pain, Postoperative
Conditions
Brief summary
The use of multi-model patient education has been used in a variety of medical specialties to educate patients on expectations for various medical procedures and improve patients' understanding of their own health care. However, it is unknown what type of audio and/or visual materials work best in a given clinical setting. By surveying overall pain/post-operative recovery satisfaction we can measure how well our video intervention educates and reinforces post-operative management at home when compared to the current method of education that patients receive at the pre-operative visit prior to laparoscopic hysterectomy at this institution.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALEducational Video
A recorded educational video will be presented to the patient prior to meeting with the provider at the presurgical meeting
Sponsors
Benaroya Research Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* 18y/o or older * planned for a laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign indications
Exclusion criteria
* inability to consent * language other than English * conversion to laparotomy, vNOTES (a type of laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysteroectomy) * vaginal hysterectomy * chronic opioid use prior to surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Overall satisfaction score (5 point Likert scale) with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations can improve patients' overall satisfaction with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Average pain score for the first 7 days as perceived by the patients (likert scale) | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves patient perceived post operative pain control throughout the first 7 day post-op |
| Number of post-op phone calls received | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of post- operative phone calls received by providers during the first week post-op |
| Number of post-op emergency room visits | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of post- operative emergency room visits by patients during the first week post-op |
| Number of readmissions | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of postoperative readmissions by patients during the first week post-op |
| Pain score at the time of survey completion (0=no pain 10=worst pain | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves patient post operative pain scores at the time of post-op phone call |
| Number opioids taken since surgery | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreased the number of narcotics used post-operatively |
| Overall satisfaction with pre-operative education regarding surgery (5 point Likert scale) | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves overall satisfaction with pre-operative education regarding surgery |
| ding surgery (5 point likert scale) Overall satisfaction with educations regarding what to expect post-operatively (5 point Likert scale) | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves overall satisfaction with educations regarding what to expect post-operatively |
| Number of patients with steri-strips still in place | Within 10 days post surgery | To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of patients who have not removed their steri-strips by day 7 |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed