Use of Portable Technology in Patient Education of Shave/Punch Biopsies

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Biopsy

Treatments: Other: video-based informed consent for skin biopsies; Other: traditional informed consent

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01110148

200917169-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators investigated the use of portable MP3 technology in patient education and informed consent of shave and punch biopsies. Eighty patients were divided randomly into a control and experimental group. Control patients received the standard of care in patient education and informed consent. Experimental patients watched a short 80-second video on shave or punch biopsies. All patients were given pre- and post-education questionnaires to assess the efficacy of each method.

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English speaker
• Receiving shave or punch biopsy

Exclusion criteria

• Under 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

Video-based informed consent

Experimental group

Description:

patients receiving informed consent through video format

Treatment:

Other: video-based informed consent for skin biopsies

traditional informed consent

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients receiving traditional informed consent from the physicians.

Treatment:

Other: traditional informed consent