Mohs Surgery: Patient Satisfaction & Quality of Life (QOL)

University of Miami40 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is significant difference between two groups: extra care (EC) and usual care (UC) in improvement of patients' quality-of-life (QoL) scores between the baseline and 90-day post-surgery in patients undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Quality of Life

Interventions

Extra Care (EC) InterventionBEHAVIORAL

The EC intervention includes pre- and post- procedure calls from the surgeon, written educational material, personalized music during the operation, post-procedure skin cancer protection education, and are allowed to bring a guest into the procedure room.

Usual Care (UC)OTHER

Standard of care pre and post surgery management provided to patients undergoing Mohs Surgery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Female and/or male subjects undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery for Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) and/or Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). 2. Subjects must be at least 18 years of age. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects who are not able to complete the surveys (pre-surgery, 1 week post-surgery, and 3 months post- surgery) 2. Subjects under the age 18 3. Subjects unable to consent 4. Subjects who are not undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery for Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) or Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC).

Locations (1)

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in PSQ Scores

Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) is a 7 item questionnaire with a total score ranging from 7 to 35 with the higher score indicating greater satisfaction

Time frame: Baseline, 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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