To evaluate usefulness of Surgical Theater's Patient Engagement 360VR platform in helping align patient expectations and improve patient satisfaction and understanding in spinal surgery consults.
Surgical Theater is a company that has developed a platform which can be used to describe and explain spinal surgery to patient before they undergo the procedure. The platform specifically implements data from the patient's own MRI and CT scans, creating a 3d reconstruction that can be seen through a virtual reality lens. This technology was developed to help clarify any concerns patient's may have before surgery, and help them better appreciate what will occur in the OR. Surgical theater has FDA clearance for patient interaction and engagement. Our study is to take surgical theater into our clinics and, after a patient is defined as a surgical candidate, use surgical theater to provide spatial learning and comprehension through modeling so they better understand their surgical plan. Only the SRP system will be used for this study (Surgical Planner). The intervention is showing surgical theater to patients identified for surgery in clinic routinely. Surgical theater will be offered to all patients offered surgery. No other changes in practice will be done.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
7
The surgical theater platform uses data from MRI and CT scans, creating a 3d image that can be seen by the patient.
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University Hospitals at Southwest General Medical Center
Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States
Change From Baseline EQ-5D Health-Related Quality of Life at 6 Months After Surgery
Reports on 5 dimensions of health: Mobility, Self-care, Usual activities, Pain/Discomfort, Anxiety/Depression. Each score from 1-3 with 1.0 being perfect health.
Time frame: Visits 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1. Before 360VR consult (Visit 1) 2. Immediately after 360VR consult (Visit 1) 3. Post-op 6 weeks (Visit 2) 4. Post op 3 months (Visit 3) 5. Post op 6 month (Visit 4)
Change From Baseline Pain Disability Questionnaire (PDQ) at 6 Months After Surgery
0-10 Scale to assess how pain affects the ability to function across 15 categories. o 0 (optimal function) to 150 (total disability)
Time frame: Visits 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1. Before 360VR consult (Visit 1) 2. Immediately after 360VR consult (Visit 1) 3. Post-op 6 weeks (Visit 2) 4. Post op 3 months (Visit 3) 5. Post op 6 month (Visit 4)
Change in Patient Satisfaction and Understanding With HCHAPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) at 6 Months After Surgery
Understanding - before and after consult, Anxiety level - before and after consult, Satisfaction with consult, HCAHPS - Overall rating of hospital, Satisfied = 9 or 10 rating
Time frame: Visits 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1. Before 360VR consult (Visit 1) 2. Immediately after 360VR consult (Visit 1) 3. Post-op 6 weeks (Visit 2) 4. Post op 3 months (Visit 3) 5. Post op 6 month (Visit 4)
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