NCT06864754

WashU DIEP Flap Video and Patient Understanding Improvement

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients will complete a survey before and after watching the WashU DIEP Flap Video at their pre-operative standard of care visit, and a third survey at their post-operative standard of care visit. These surveys will use questions from SILS, APAIS, PEMAT, and AIM/IAM to assess the patient's health literacy, demographics questions, and questions concerning patient understanding and anxiety surrounding the procedure. The purpose of the post-op survey will be to assess how well the video set expectations of the procedure and recovery process and will repeat questions asked pre-operatively. Survey responses will be analyzed to determine if there are beneficial trends and improvement in patient understanding and anxiety due to adjunct video usage. Primary Objective: The primary aim of the study is to determine if our animated video affects understanding and anxiety survey scores in patients undergoing DIEP breast reconstruction.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	WashU DIEP Flap Video	Video uses visual cues and graphics to help explain complex procedures in a simplified, comprehensible fashion to patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-18
• Primary completion: 2026-10-31
• Completion: 2026-10-31
• First posted: 2025-03-07
• Last updated: 2025-11-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States