Chronic rhinosinusitis treatment consists of medical management and surgical intervention. Improving patient education can positively impact perioperative patient experiential outcomes such as anxiety, pain and satisfaction. However, online education materials are often too complex, inaccurate or misleading. The objective of this study was to determine if patient education videos at an appropriate reading level would improve perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
Patients receive four short YouTube videos explaining chronic rhinosinusitis and endoscopic sinus surgery
Standard patient education with verbal and written education
Saint Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pre-operative Patient Anxiety
Measured with State Trait Anxiety Inventory (range 20-80, higher score shows higher anxiety)
Time frame: 1 hour preoperatively
Pre-operative Patient Anxiety
Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means higher anxiety)
Time frame: 1 hour preoperatively
Post-operative Anxiety
Measured with State Trait Anxiety Inventory (range 20-80, higher score shows higher anxiety)
Time frame: 1 week post-operative
Post-operative Anxiety
Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means higher anxiety)
Time frame: 1 week post-operative
Post-operative Pain
Measured via Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means worse pain)
Time frame: 1 week post-operative
Post-operative Satisfaction
Measured via Visual Analogue Scale (1-10, higher score means better satisfaction)
Time frame: 1 week post-operative
Post-operative medication adherence
Measured via frequency of nasal irrigation per day
Time frame: 1 week post-operative
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