Improving Patient Understanding of the Surgical Hospital Experience: Use of YouTube Video Playlist

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2014
This prospective randomized pilot clinical trial studied the effect on preoperative anxiety of watching a series of YouTube videos designed to create a virtual hospital experience for patients undergoing primary total hip and knee arthroplasty as compared to routine preoperative education. Hypothesis: Preoperative anxiety related to hip and knee replacement surgeries can be reduced by patient exposure to a virtual hospital inpatient experience delivered by a series of YouTube videos.
Epistemonikos ID: 8d9fad2bad731e49b90b63ff6eae57ddd8f03270
First added on: May 12, 2024