Pre-operative Consultation on Patient Anxiety and First-time Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Pre-operative Consultation on Patient Anxiety and Satisfaction Following First-time Mohs Micrographic Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04612491
• Other study ID #: 1094298
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: September 6, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 2024

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: Angela Calaguas
• Phone: 9165512636
• Email: accalaguas[@]ucdavis.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine if in-office pre-operative consultation has a significant effect on the anxiety level and overall post-operative satisfaction of patients undergoing first time Mohs surgery

Description:

This study is designed to determine if having a seperate in-office pre-operative consultation with the dermatologist before having a dermatologic procedure has any effect on patient anxiety levels and satisfaction following the procedure. The goal of the study is to help us understand if pre-operative consultation is beneficial to patients to reduce anxiety and increase satisfaction following the procedure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: January 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults 18 years old or older
• Able to provide consent for participation
• Fluency in English
• Presenting for first-time Mohs surgery for treatment of a cutaneous malignancy

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Patients under 18 years old
• Prisoners
• Patients unable to provide consent
• History of prior Mohs surgery
• Patients requiring multi-disciplinary care (i.e. Involvement of other surgical specialties such as Plastic Surgery or Ophthalmology for reconstruction)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Surgery

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Pre-operative Consultation
Pre-operative consultation will be given before Mohs surgery

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UC Davis Dermatology	Sacramento	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The score on the PSQ-18 survey following the Mohs procedure	The PSQ-18 (aka patient satisfaction questionaire-18) is a validated assessment tool developed to measure holistic patient satisfaction with the aspects of clinical care (assessing six domains of patient satisfaction: technical quality, interpersonal manner, communication, financial aspects of care, accessibility of care and time spent with the physician), and by virtue of its brevity (18 questions taking an average of 3-4 minutes to complete) has great utility for measuring patient satisfaction in the clinical setting. Each question ranges from 1-5. Lower scores are better.; The primary null hypothesis for this study is that mean PSQ-18 survey scores do not differ between patients receiving pre-operative consultation versus those not receiving this intervention.	2 years
Secondary	Patient anxiety as measured on the 10-point VAS scale for anxiety	The VAS is a horizontal line with a scale ranging from "no anxiety at all" to "extremely anxious." By measuring the position of the patient's response on the line, a score out of 10 will be generated. The VAS for anxiety will be administered to enrolled patients at three time points: randomization (consent visit), pre-operatively on day of Mohs surgery and post-operatively on the day of the Mohs surgical procedure.	2 years