The use of multi-model patient education has been used in a variety of medical specialties to educate patients on expectations for various medical procedures and improve patients' understanding of their own health care. However, it is unknown what type of audio and/or visual materials work best in a given clinical setting. By surveying overall pain/post-operative recovery satisfaction we can measure how well our video intervention educates and reinforces post-operative management at home when compared to the current method of education that patients receive at the pre-operative visit prior to laparoscopic hysterectomy at this institution.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
94
A recorded educational video will be presented to the patient prior to meeting with the provider at the presurgical meeting
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, United States
Overall satisfaction score (5 point Likert scale) with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations can improve patients' overall satisfaction with post operative pain control after laparoscopic hysterectomy
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Pain score at the time of survey completion (0=no pain 10=worst pain
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves patient post operative pain scores at the time of post-op phone call
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Average pain score for the first 7 days as perceived by the patients (likert scale)
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves patient perceived post operative pain control throughout the first 7 day post-op
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Number of post-op phone calls received
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of post- operative phone calls received by providers during the first week post-op
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Number of post-op emergency room visits
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of post- operative emergency room visits by patients during the first week post-op
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Number of readmissions
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of postoperative readmissions by patients during the first week post-op
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Number of patients with steri-strips still in place
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreases the number of patients who have not removed their steri-strips by day 7
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Number opioids taken since surgery
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations decreased the number of narcotics used post-operatively
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
Overall satisfaction with pre-operative education regarding surgery (5 point Likert scale)
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves overall satisfaction with pre-operative education regarding surgery
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
ding surgery (5 point likert scale) Overall satisfaction with educations regarding what to expect post-operatively (5 point Likert scale)
To determine if video education on post-operative pain management and expectations improves overall satisfaction with educations regarding what to expect post-operatively
Time frame: Within 10 days post surgery
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