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The Effect of Informational Videos on Preoperative Anxiety and Satisfaction Levels in Patients Undergoing Elective Ambulatory Surgery. A Case-control Clinical Trial
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Video Group for Ambulatory Surgical Procedures and Anxiety Disorders. Completed, enrolled 93 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Preoperative anxiety is a common problem with an impact on surgical outcome, anaesthetic drug dosage and patient's satisfaction. An important component of preoperative anxiety is due to concerns related to anaesthesia. Appropriate patients information has been shown to reduce preoperative anxiety level and this can be effectively achieved through a video. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of an informative video about the anaesthesia technique on patient's preoperative anxiety levels before minor ambulatory procedures. The study design is a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial, where we use of short patient educational video to reduce preoperative anxiety level, explaining all sequence of major events between the arrival in the operating room and the performance of anaesthesia.
Study Details
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Interventions
Patients in the film group watched the film using a laptop computer equipped with headphones, and Visual Analog Pain Scale (VAS) was repeated after the movie. Video was recorded by the Anaesthesiology department team, in order to explain and show in a detailed way on a model, the sequence of events, which occurs between the arrival of patients in the operating room and the performance of Intra-Venous Regional Anesthesia (IVRA)