Effect of an Educational Nail Biopsy Video on Pre-operative Anxiety, Health Literacy, and Patient Satisfaction

Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Literacy; Anxiety; Satisfaction, Patient

Treatments: Other: Educational Video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06274775

23-12026811

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients recommended to receive a nail biopsy procedure in our specialty nail clinic.

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Educational Video Group

Experimental group

Description:

Group A (intervention group), which will be shown an educational video about the nail biopsy procedure in addition to standard of care, which includes verbal information about the procedure and pre-operative and post-operative handouts with instructions provided via quick-response (QR) code.

Treatment:

Other: Educational Video

Standard of Care Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard of care only, which includes verbal information about the procedure and pre-operative and post-operative handouts with instructions provided via quick-response (QR) code.