Video Virtual Clinical Encounters Versus Office Visits for Postoperative Care After Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if patient satisfaction of virtual clinical encounters is noninferior to traditional in-office clinical encounters for postoperative follow-up after reconstructive surgery for pelvic organ prolapse.

Methods

This was a randomized controlled noninferiority trial of women undergoing surgery for pelvic organ prolapse. Women were recruited and randomized during their preoperative counseling visit to virtual clinical encounters via video conference technology or in-office clinical encounters for their 30-day postoperative follow-up visits. The primary outcome was patient satisfaction measured by the validated Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18 (score range, 18-90, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction) administered by telephone following the

SUBMITTER: Lee DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7759598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature