NCT01110148

Use of Portable Technology in Patient Education of Shave/Punch Biopsies

Use of MP3 Portable Technology in Patient Education and Informed Consent of Shave and Punch Biopsies

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Davis · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators investigated the use of portable MP3 technology in patient education and informed consent of shave and punch biopsies. Eighty patients were divided randomly into a control and experimental group. Control patients received the standard of care in patient education and informed consent. Experimental patients watched a short 80-second video on shave or punch biopsies. All patients were given pre- and post-education questionnaires to assess the efficacy of each method.

Conditions

• Biopsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	video-based informed consent for skin biopsies	video-based informed consent for punch and shave biopsies
OTHER	traditional informed consent	traditional informed consent (standard of care) from physicians for shave and punch biopsies

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-07-01
• Primary completion: 2010-04-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2010-04-26
• Last updated: 2010-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States