Difficulty Processing Information Clinical Trial
Official title:
Impact of a Video Explaining Epidural Analgesia in Obstetrics in Terms of Satisfaction, Understanding and Anxiety: A Prospective Randomised Trial
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of multimedia information on epidural anesthesia. Pregnant women were randomly assessed to get a video information in addition to an oral and written information on epidural anesthesia. Maternal satisfaction concerning the quality of the information as well their anxiety and understanding of the procedure were assessed and compared in both groups.
The information in anesthesia consultation is mandatory. Few studies have investigated the
impact of multimedia preoperative information in terms of satisfaction, comprehension and
anxiety, with conflicting results. None have evaluated the contribution of a video explaining
epidural analgesia in obstetrics. This study compared two types of information given in
anesthesia consultation: an oral and written information (group P) versus oral, written and
video information (group V). The main objective was maternal satisfaction, the secondary
objectives were understanding and anxiety.
This is a common care, prospective and randomized study, conducted between September 2015 and
February 2016 in the Creteil Intercommunal Hospital Center (CHIC) and accepted by the ethics
committee Paris V. After information, not opposition of women who accepted to participated
was collected. Oral information on epidural analgesia was provided in consultation by the
anesthesiologist, with delivery of a written information sheet. The video made at CHIC in
2015, was transmitted, in addition, by email to patients randomized in the group V for she
could look it at their convenience. Satisfaction and anxiety were evaluated by numerical
scale from 0 to 10 and comprehension by multiple choice questions with a final score of 10.
These three criteria were also evaluated in an emergency context in which women received oral
and written information (group U). Evaluation questionnaires were given during the anesthesia
consultation and recovered during the hospitalization after childbirth.
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