NCT05164068

Effect of an Informative Anxiety and Stress in Patients Requiring an Oral Biopsy

Effect of an Informative Video Upon Anxiety and Stress in Patients Requiring an Oral Biopsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Murcia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In clinical practice, patients scheduled for biopsy often suffer substantial stress before, during or after the procedure. In particular, most patients feel uncomfortable both with the procedure itself and with the idea of the results of the biopsy. Providing adequate information is crucial, though there is no agreement as to which is the best way to present such information. Although verbal information provided by the professional is the most common scenario, the use of written information in the form of explanatory leaflets, as well as audio recordings or videos, has also been proposed The present study was carried out at the Dental School of Universidad de San Carlos (Guatemala) to evaluate the hypothesis that an audiovisual intervention providing information on oral biopsy is able to reduce patient anxiety and stress.

Detailed description

A prospective, randomized clinical trial was carried out involving. A total of 120 patients were therefore finally randomized, following the Consort Statement guidelines, with the definition of two groups: a control group (n = 60) that received standard verbal information, and an experimental group (n = 60) that received information in the form of a video

Conditions

• Anxiety ; Dental

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Information video	The video contents were clear and adapted to the characteristics of the population of Guatemala. The video provided a simple description of the biopsy, its risks and benefits, complications and general recommendations, and was presented preoperatively

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-07-01
• Completion: 2021-07-26
• First posted: 2021-12-20
• Last updated: 2021-12-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain