Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of Educational Videos on Pre-operative Anxiety
Impact of Educational Videos on Anxiety Prior to Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if educational videos can reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. The main question it aims to answer are: do patient education videos decrease preoperative anxiety? do patient education videos increase patient preparedness for surgery? Researchers will compare the group who watched the videos preoperatively to the group who only underwent the usual counseling at the preoperative visit to see if the results of a survey that measures anxiety and preparedness differ. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group that will be asked to watch the educational videos and one group that will not. All participants will attend their pre-operative appointment as usual and complete a survey afterwards.
Conditions
Conditions (11)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abnormal Uterine Bleeding | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adenomyosis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adnexal Mass | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Adnexal Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Endometriosis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Fibroids | Leiomyoma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Hysterectomy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Myomectomy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Ovarian Cystectomy |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| educational video | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Video group
- description
- This group will be provided the educational videos to watch before their preoperative appointment.
- interventionNames
- Other: educational video
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual care group
- description
- This group will not be sent the educational videos before their preoperative appointment.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Preoperative anxiety as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
- timeFrame
- once, at the preoperative appointment
- description
- The STAI will be used to survey the anxiety patients feel in relation to their upcoming surgery. An STAI score of ≥ 40 has been used to define clinical anxiety in the literature, so this will be the threshold to define clinically significant pre-operative anxiety. STAI scores will be compared between groups using linear regression models, both unadjusted and adjusted for any unbalanced baseline covariates.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking patients over the age of 18 who plan to undergo any of the following laparoscopic surgeries, which includes robotic-assisted laparoscopy, with a MIGS provider: diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic endometriosis excision, adnexal surgery, laparoscopic myomectomy, total laparoscopic hysterectomy * Concomitant procedures permitted (such as bowel resection for endometriosis, hysteroscopy, dilation and curettage, cystoscopy, etc.) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant patients * Incarcerated patients * Patients under the age of 18
References
Publications (3)
- BACKGROUNDKenton K, Pham T, Mueller E, Brubaker L. Patient preparedness: an important predictor of surgical outcome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Dec;197(6):654.e1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.08.059. PMID 18060968
- BACKGROUNDSassani JC, Grosse PJ, Kunkle L, Baranski L, Ackenbom MF. Patient Preparedness for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Randomized Equivalence Trial of Preoperative Counseling. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2021 Dec 1;27(12):719-725. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000001049. PMID 33787563
- BACKGROUNDWilson CJ, Mitchelson AJ, Tzeng TH, El-Othmani MM, Saleh J, Vasdev S, LaMontagne HJ, Saleh KJ. Caring for the surgically anxious patient: a review of the interventions and a guide to optimizing surgical outcomes. Am J Surg. 2016 Jul;212(1):151-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.03.023. Epub 2015 Jun 2. PMID 26138522