Anxiety, Literacy, Satisfaction, Patient
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators are interested in studying the effect of an animated video depicting a nail biopsy procedure on the anxiety, health literacy, and satisfaction of participants recommended to undergo a nail biopsy procedure. The investigators hypothesize that the animated video will reduce preoperative anxiety, increase health literacy, and increase patient satisfaction in relation to nail biopsy procedures.
Interventions
OTHEREducational Video
Educational video about the nail biopsy procedure
Sponsors
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All patients recommended to receive a nail biopsy procedure in our specialty nail clinic.
Exclusion criteria
* Age less than 18
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiety, as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | State Trait Anxiety Inventory uses a scale of 1-4 for each question, with 1 being "not at all" and 4 being "very much so." The maximum score is 80, and the minimum score is 20. Scores from 20-37 indicate "no or low anxiety," scores from 38-44 indicate "moderate anxiety," and scores from 45-80 indicate "high anxiety." |
| Anxiety, as measured by the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale uses a Likert scale from 1-5. The questions focus on anxiety and the need for information, creating two separate sub-scores. This measure assesses the anxiety sub-score, which ranges from 4 to 20 (4 questions) A higher anxiety sub-score indicates a higher anxiety level. |
| Need for information, as measured by the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale uses a Likert scale from 1-5. The questions focus on anxiety and the need for information, creating two separate sub-scores. This measure assesses the need for information sub-score, which ranges from 2 to 10 (2 questions). A higher need for information sub-score indicates a higher information requirement. |
| Health literacy, as measured by 4 domains of The Health Literacy Questionnaire | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | Using 4 domains of the The Health Literacy Questionnaire, subjects will respond using a scale from "strongly disagree" (equivalent to 1 point on Likert scale) to "strongly agree" (equivalent to 4 points on Likert scale) or from "cannot do or always difficult" (equivalent to 1 point on Likert scale) to "always easy" (equivalent to 5 points on Likert scale). The maximum score is 86, the minimum score is 19. A higher score indicates higher health literacy, while a lower score indicates lower health literacy. |
| Patient satisfaction, as measured by a patient satisfaction survey | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | The patient satisfaction survey uses a scale from "not at all" (equivalent to 1 on a Likert scale) to "very much" (equivalent to 4 on a Likert scale), or from "not acceptable" (equivalent to 1 on a Likert scale) to "Acceptable" (equivalent to 3 on a Likert scale). The maximum score is 27, the minimum score is 7, with a higher score indicating higher satisfaction, and a lower score indicating lower satisfaction. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of video intervention for intervention participants, as measured by a qualitative feedback survey | Immediately following nail biopsy consultation | The qualitative survey focuses on themes of interest, understandability, video length, and whether 2D animation is an effective method to convey medical information. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORShari R. Lipner, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Dermatology
Outcome results
None listed