Pre-operative Consultation on Patient Anxiety and First-time Mohs Micrographic Surgery

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Surgery; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Pre-operative Consultation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04612491

1094298

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine if in-office pre-operative consultation has a significant effect on the anxiety level and overall post-operative satisfaction of patients undergoing first time Mohs surgery

Full description

This study is designed to determine if having a seperate in-office pre-operative consultation with the dermatologist before having a dermatologic procedure has any effect on patient anxiety levels and satisfaction following the procedure. The goal of the study is to help us understand if pre-operative consultation is beneficial to patients to reduce anxiety and increase satisfaction following the procedure.

Enrollment: 31 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults 18 years old or older

  • Able to provide consent for participation
  • Fluency in English
  • Presenting for first-time Mohs surgery for treatment of a cutaneous malignancy

Exclusion criteria

• • Patients under 18 years old

  • Prisoners
  • Patients unable to provide consent
  • History of prior Mohs surgery
  • Patients requiring multi-disciplinary care (i.e. Involvement of other surgical specialties such as Plastic Surgery or Ophthalmology for reconstruction)

Trial design

31 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-operative Consultation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pre-operative Consultation

No consultation