Virtual and Video Counseling Versus In-Office Counseling for Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Patient Engagement

Treatments: Other: Combination of Video and Virtual Pre-operative Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05086406

FLA 21-022

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compare preparedness for total laparoscopic hysterectomies between patients who undergo virtual visits and those who undergo in-office visits for pre-operative counseling.

Full description

The proposed research study looks to evaluate the effectiveness of combination of video counseling and virtual visits for pre-operative counseling as compared to in-office pre-operative counseling visits ahead of total laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery. Comparison of the two cohorts will be based on responses to surveys regarding patient preparedness on the day of surgery and information obtained from the electronic medical record.

Enrollment: 128 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign gynecologic etiologies.
• Age of 20 years or older
• Understand English language (written and spoken) without difficulty

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 20 years old
• Diagnosis of malignancy
• No access to technology that would allow for watching counseling video and/or completion of virtual visit

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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128 participants in 2 patient groups

In-Office Visit Group

No Intervention group

Description:

This control group will undergo standard in-office pre-operative counseling visit.

Virtual Visit Group

Experimental group

Description:

This study group will receive pre-operative counseling via video, created by the Department of Gynecology at Cleveland Clinic Florida, followed by a virtual visit with a gynecologic surgery provider.

Treatment:

Other: Combination of Video and Virtual Pre-operative Counseling