Does a Patient Education Video Augment Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Compliance?

Elizabeth Mueller

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Floor Disorders; Patient Compliance

Treatments: Other: Educational handout; Other: Educational video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02875977

208990

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators intend to measure compliance with attending pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) in a Urogynecology population by randomizing patients to either viewing a four minute educational video or reading a handout explaining the therapy.

Full description

Patients who have been interviewed, examined, and a plan has been made by the treating physicians in the Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery practice will be invited to participate at the end of the visit if the patient and physician mutually agree that PFPT is the treatment modality to pursue.

If she agrees to participate, she will be consented and randomized. If she is randomized to standard counseling, she will be given the standard handout to read. If she is randomized to the intervention, she will receive the standard handout and view the 4-minute educational video on an iPad.

At the conclusion of the counseling, patients will be asked if they have any additional questions, and these will be recorded and answered. The patient will also fill out a visual analog scale about how informed she feels regarding PFPT.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have prescribed PFPT by a treating physician in the Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery practice

Exclusion criteria

• Patients ≤ 18 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Counseling

Experimental group

Description:

Patients randomized to this arm receive experimental counseling on the importance of attending PFPT appointments. This includes the standard 2-page educational handout and a 4-minute educational video.

Treatment:

Other: Educational video

Other: Educational handout

Standard Counseling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients randomized to this arm receive standard counseling on the importance of attending PFPT appointments. This includes the standard 2-page educational handout.

Treatment:

Other: Educational handout