A randomized, controlled trial of video supplementation on the cataract surgery informed consent process.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the effects of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's 2015 patient education video on patient information retention and anxiety preoperatively, on the day of surgery and postoperatively.

Methods

This is a prospective, surgeon-blinded randomized controlled trial at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ninety-one patients with a diagnosis of first-eye cataract were randomized into either a video or control group. Subjects in both groups received face-to-face discussion with the surgeon and an informational brochure at the preoperative evaluation. Participants in the video group then viewed a four-minute educational video at the preoperative evaluation and on the day of surgery. Both groups completed an information retention quiz and a state anxiety asse

SUBMITTER: Zhang MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846231 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature