Preoperative Patient Education Via Animated Videos to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Reduce Complications in Head and Neck Surgery

Preoperative Patient Education Via Animated Videos to Improve Patient Satisfaction and Reduce Complications in Head and Neck Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Study

This randomized control trial will compare traditional patient education methods (pamphlets, clinical visits) to the implementation of an innovated patient education platform. The purpose of the project is to determine whether the use of this animation based patient education platform prior to undergoing surgery will lead to improved patient satisfaction and quality of life.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgery; Patient Satisfaction
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Precare; Other: usual standard of care

Detailed Description

Hypothesis/Study question:

Does the implementation of an animation based patient education platform prior to undergoing surgery lead to improved patient satisfaction and quality of life?

Study objectives:

Help address patient gaps in understanding, reduce learning barriers in order for patients to make informed decisions, improve behaviors, and better partner with their health providers to attain optimal health outcomes

Methodology / Study design:

Patients will receive access to the patient education platform during the clinical visit in which they receive their diagnosis, and will be asked if they wish to enroll in the study consisting of completing questionnaires before and after their surgical procedure. Questions will inquire on levels of anxiety, patient satisfaction, knowledge retention, and platform feedback.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Quebec
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2
      • Jewish General Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals having any of the following surgical procedure at the Jewish General Hospital over the next 12 months: head and neck cancer resection with or without reconstruction, excision of parotid lesion, thyroidectomy, parathyroidectomy, laryngectomy, or trans-oral robotic resection.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who are undergoing a surgical procedure not included in the ones listed above, or those who are having revision surgery or have previously had surgery in the otolaryngology, head and neck surgery department.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment Arm; Individuals who will receive access to the animated multimedia platform prior to their surgical procedure.	Other: Precare; an innovative patient education platform using animated videos created by using up-to-date evidence-based informaiton
Active Comparator: Control Arm; Individuals who will not receive access to the animated patient platform, and instead will receive the usual standard of care.	Other: usual standard of care; individuals will receive treatment as per the usual standard of care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Patient Satisfaction	analyzed using patient questionnaire responses	1 month post-operative

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Post-operative complication rate	analyzed using hospital data	1 month post-operative

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Jewish General Hospital

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Turkdogan S, Roy CF, Chartier G, Payne R, Mlynarek A, Forest VI, Hier M. Effect of Perioperative Patient Education via Animated Videos in Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Feb 1;148(2):173-179. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.3765.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 30, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 6, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): August 7, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 18, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 15, 2021
• Last Verified: October 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: patient education; surgical education; guide; multimedia; animation
• Other Study ID Numbers: Precare

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No