Multimedia Information and Pre-operative Anxiety (MIPA)

Imperial College London

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Anxiety

Treatments: Other: leaflet; Other: video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01621828

CRO1879

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate a possible reduction in pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing major elective surgery, by providing multimedia information regarding the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre.

Full description

To determine whether multimedia information reduces the level of pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing major elective surgery. To evaluate the efficacy of a video, showing the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre, compared with standard information, a written leaflet, about the operating room experience and environment.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients undergoing major elective surgery, never previously undergoing surgery as an adult (>18) and admitted to hospital at least one day before the scheduled surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients unable to give consent.
• Patients not able to watch the video.
• Patients admitted the same day of the planned surgery.
• Patients not at the first experience of surgery as an adult (>18).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

video

Other group

Description:

video showing a patient's pathway into the operating room.

Treatment:

Other: video

leaflet

Other group

Description:

a written leaflet, about the operating room experience and environment.

Treatment:

Other: leaflet