Multimedia Information and Pre-operative Anxiety

Anxiety Clinical Trial

— MIPA  

Official title:

A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial of the Impact of Multimedia Information to Reduce Pre-operative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01621828
• Other study ID #: CRO1879
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2023
• Source: Imperial College London
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate a possible reduction in pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing major elective surgery, by providing multimedia information regarding the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre.

Description:

To determine whether multimedia information reduces the level of pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing major elective surgery. To evaluate the efficacy of a video, showing the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre, compared with standard information, a written leaflet, about the operating room experience and environment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients undergoing major elective surgery, never previously undergoing surgery as an adult (>18) and admitted to hospital at least one day before the scheduled surgery.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients unable to give consent.

• Patients not able to watch the video.

• Patients admitted the same day of the planned surgery.

• Patients not at the first experience of surgery as an adult (>18).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• video
a video, showing the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre, about the operating room experience and environment.
• leaflet
a written leaflet, about the operating room experience and environment.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Charing Cross Hospital	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Imperial College London

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pre-operative anxiety	To determine whether multimedia information reduces the level of pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing major elective surgery. To evaluate the efficacy of a video, showing the patient pathway to and from the Operating Theatre, compared with standard information, a written leaflet, about the operating room experience and environment.	two months