An interventional study of educational video in Endometriosis, Fibroids and Adenomyosis, sponsored by UConn Health. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-03.
Sponsored by UConn Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if educational videos can reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. The main question it aims to answer are:
do patient education videos decrease preoperative anxiety? do patient education videos increase patient preparedness for surgery? Researchers will compare the group who watched the videos preoperatively to the group who only underwent the usual counseling at the preoperative visit to see if the results of a survey that measures anxiety and preparedness differ.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group that will be asked to watch the educational videos and one group that will not. All participants will attend their pre-operative appointment as usual and complete a survey afterwards.
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Exclusion Criteria:
This group will be provided the educational videos to watch before their preoperative appointment.
Other: educational video
This group will not be sent the educational videos before their preoperative appointment.
The videos provide an overview of the following topics: preoperative instructions, female pelvic anatomy, positioning during surgery, the uterine manipulator device, pelvic laparoscopy, total hysterectomy, and postoperative instructions.
Preoperative anxiety as measured by the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
The STAI will be used to survey the anxiety patients feel in relation to their upcoming surgery. An STAI score of ≥ 40 has been used to define clinical anxiety in the literature, so this will be the threshold to define clinically significant pre-operative anxiety. STAI scores will be compared between groups using linear regression models, both unadjusted and adjusted for any unbalanced baseline covariates.
Time frame: once, at the preoperative appointment
Preoperative patient preparedness
Preparedness will be measured by a patient preparedness questionnaire (PPQ). Preparedness will be determined by answering "strongly agree" to the last question on the PPQ ("Overall, I feel prepared for my upcoming surgery"). Preparedness will be analyzed using logistic regression models, also with and without covariate adjustment.
Time frame: Once, at the preoperative appointment
Plan to share: No
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