Information Retention After Video (Augmented) Preoperative Anesthesiological Education

Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT05188547
Collaborator
Health Holland (Other), NovaCair (Other)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Patient education is continuously becoming more important to enable patients to participate in making decisions regarding their medical treatment. Specifically, this is also the case for preoperative education on anesthesia. Worldwide, there are many initiatives to improve preoperative patient education and subsequent level of knowledge of anesthesia, for example by using digital aids. The demand for such aids has increased significantly since the start of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to facilitate remote preoperative anesthesiological screening. Although many videos to educate patients on anesthesia have been developed and circulate on the internet, there has been little effort to compare this method of educating patients with the traditional one-on-one conversation between the anesthesiologist and the patient.

Objective: To compare short, mid-and long term retention of knowledge after education on anesthesia by watching a video to the traditional one-on-one explanation by the anaesthesiologist.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Device: Video education
N/A

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized into 4 arms. A control group that will only take the knowledge test after the consultation by the anesthesiologist, a baseline group that will take the knowledge test before and after the consultation to investigate the added value of a knowledge test to knowledge retention. The intervention group is divided into 2 groups. One group will see the educational video and take a knowledge test afterwards. The other group will see the educational video and visit the anesthesiologist afterwards and take the knowledge test after the consultation.

After 2 and 6 weeks patients will be asked to take the knowledge test again, to investigate knowledge retention.

The knowledge test that will be used is the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire currently under development in the Erasmus MC Rotterdam.

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
608 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Single (Care Provider)
Primary Purpose:
Basic Science
Official Title:
Information Retention After Video (Augmented) Preoperative Anesthesiological Education
Actual Study Start Date :
Feb 1, 2022
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: Control

No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. No knowledge test before the consultation.

No Intervention: Baseline

No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. Also a knowledge test before the consultation.

Experimental: Video

Video education and a knowledge test directly afterwards. Consultation by the anesthesiologist after the knowledge test.

Device: Video education
Participants will be shown a video educating them on anesthesia and perioperative instructions.

Experimental: Video Augmented

Video education and consultation by the anesthesiologist directly afterwards. The knowledge test is taken after the consultation.

Device: Video education
Participants will be shown a video educating them on anesthesia and perioperative instructions.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Information retention short-term [Immediately after the information is provided]

    Score on the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire (RAKQ). Results will be expressed as the percentage correct answers of the total number of questions. A higher score means a better knowledge level.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Information retention mid-term [Two weeks after the information is provided compared to directly after the information is provided.]

    Difference in score on the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire (RAKQ). Results will be expressed as the percentage correct answers of the total number of questions. A higher score means a better knowledge level.

  2. Anxiety [Immediately after the information is provided]

    Difference in score on the APAIS (Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale). Scores can be between 6 and 30 points, with a higher score meaning a more anxious patient, more in need for information about the surgery and anesthesia.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • adults visiting the preoperative anesthesia clinic

  • elective surgery

  • able to read, write and understand the Dutch language

Exclusion Criteria:
  • cardiothoracic surgery

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Erasmus MC Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands 3035GD

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Erasmus Medical Center
  • Health Holland
  • NovaCair

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jan-Wiebe Korstanje, MD, PhD, Erasmus MC

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Jan-Wiebe Korstanje, Principle investigator, Erasmus Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT05188547
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • MEC-2021-0769
First Posted:
Jan 12, 2022
Last Update Posted:
Jun 15, 2022
Last Verified:
Jun 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Yes
Plan to Share IPD:
Yes
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 15, 2022