An interventional study of Educational Video in Anxiety, Literacy and Satisfaction, Patient, sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-24.
Sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
The investigators are interested in studying the effect of an animated video depicting a nail biopsy procedure on the anxiety, health literacy, and satisfaction of participants recommended to undergo a nail biopsy procedure. The investigators hypothesize that the animated video will reduce preoperative anxiety, increase health literacy, and increase patient satisfaction in relation to nail biopsy procedures.
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A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
Biopsy and archival tissue
A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.
Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.
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Group A (intervention group), which will be shown an educational video about the nail biopsy procedure in addition to standard of care, which includes verbal information about the procedure and pre-operative and post-operative handouts with instructions provided via quick-response (QR) code.
Other: Educational Video
Standard of care only, which includes verbal information about the procedure and pre-operative and post-operative handouts with instructions provided via quick-response (QR) code.
Educational video about the nail biopsy procedure
Anxiety, as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory
State Trait Anxiety Inventory uses a scale of 1-4 for each question, with 1 being "not at all" and 4 being "very much so." The maximum score is 80, and the minimum score is 20. Scores from 20-37 indicate "no or low anxiety," scores from 38-44 indicate "moderate anxiety," and scores from 45-80 indicate "high anxiety."
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
Anxiety, as measured by the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale
The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale uses a Likert scale from 1-5. The questions focus on anxiety and the need for information, creating two separate sub-scores. This measure assesses the anxiety sub-score, which ranges from 4 to 20 (4 questions) A higher anxiety sub-score indicates a higher anxiety level.
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
Need for information, as measured by the Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale
The Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale uses a Likert scale from 1-5. The questions focus on anxiety and the need for information, creating two separate sub-scores. This measure assesses the need for information sub-score, which ranges from 2 to 10 (2 questions). A higher need for information sub-score indicates a higher information requirement.
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
Health literacy, as measured by 4 domains of The Health Literacy Questionnaire
Using 4 domains of the The Health Literacy Questionnaire, subjects will respond using a scale from "strongly disagree" (equivalent to 1 point on Likert scale) to "strongly agree" (equivalent to 4 points on Likert scale) or from "cannot do or always difficult" (equivalent to 1 point on Likert scale) to "always easy" (equivalent to 5 points on Likert scale). The maximum score is 86, the minimum score is 19. A higher score indicates higher health literacy, while a lower score indicates lower health literacy.
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
Patient satisfaction, as measured by a patient satisfaction survey
The patient satisfaction survey uses a scale from "not at all" (equivalent to 1 on a Likert scale) to "very much" (equivalent to 4 on a Likert scale), or from "not acceptable" (equivalent to 1 on a Likert scale) to "Acceptable" (equivalent to 3 on a Likert scale). The maximum score is 27, the minimum score is 7, with a higher score indicating higher satisfaction, and a lower score indicating lower satisfaction.
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
Quality of video intervention for intervention participants, as measured by a qualitative feedback survey
The qualitative survey focuses on themes of interest, understandability, video length, and whether 2D animation is an effective method to convey medical information.
Time frame: Immediately following nail biopsy consultation
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Ran from Apr 2024 to primary completion in Jun 2026, 26 months.
Of 115 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Literacy, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 20. This study's 26 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 117 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 19.
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