Surgical Patient Education in Pediatric Urology

Seattle Children's Hospital400 enrolled

Overview

Randomized study to assess the impact of supplemental educational YouTube videos on postoperative healthcare utilization following ambulatory pediatric urologic surgery

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Health Care Utilization

Interventions

YouTube videos on care after urologic surgeryBEHAVIORAL

Supplemental educational videos regarding care following pediatric urologic surgery

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 0 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Caregivers of patients age \<18 years old undergoing ambulatory pediatric urologic surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Caregivers that decline participation

Locations (1)

Seattle Children's Hospital

Seattle, Washington, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Total number of episodes (Postoperative healthcare utilization)

Episodes of postoperative calls, messages, add-on clinic visits, Urgent Care or Emergency Department visits. Each caregiver-initiated call, message, or visit will count as an individual episode. Multiple calls, messages, and visits will each be counted toward a total number of episodes.

Time frame: 30 days following surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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