Use of Videos to Improve Patient Knowledge on Prenatal Genetics (VPE)

University of South Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aneuploidy; Birth Defect

Treatments: Other: video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03816423

00035994

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial of a low income and low health literacy population of pregnant women from a diverse racial and ethnic background to assess the effectiveness of a pre-visit educational video on prenatal genetic screening and testing options.

Full description

During pregnancy, women are routinely counseled about the risks of their offspring to have a chromosomal abnormality or birth defects. Both prenatal screening and diagnostic testing options to exclude aneuploidy should be offered to all pregnant women early in their pregnancy. A standardized educational video on prenatal screening may enhance a patient's understanding and knowledge of testing and support more informed decisions.

The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare patient knowledge scores on prenatal genetic screening before and after a standard prenatal care visit compared to the addition of a pre-appointment educational video.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• pregnancy, english or spanish-speaking

Exclusion criteria

• minors <18 years old,
• > 21 completed weeks of gestational age,
• prior genetic counseling during current pregnancy
• fetus with known ultrasound abnormality

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Traditional counseling

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will undergo routine prenatal care visit with clinical practicioner only

video group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to the intervention group (video education) will view the prenatal screening video "How to Decide About Prenatal Genetic Testing," followed by a routine prenatal appointment.

Treatment:

Other: video