April W. Armstrong|Ali Alikhan|Luyang Cheng|Clayton W. Schupp|C. Kurlinkus|Daniel B. Eisen
Portable video media for presenting informed consent and wound care instructions for skin biopsies: a randomized controlled trial
University of California, Davis|Mayo Clinic|Winneshiek Medical Center|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis|University of California, Davis
background fastpaced dermatology clinics process obtaining informed consents biopsies providing postprocedure instructions may incomplete inconsistent objectives compare effectiveness videobased education verbal education giving informed consent providing postprocedure wound care instructions patients undergoing skin biopsies methods randomized controlled trial participants randomized receive either video education portable video devices conventional verbal instructions regarding skin biopsies participants completed skinbiopsy knowledge assessment patient satisfaction assessment evaluation educational medium main outcome measures differences changes prestudy poststudy knowledge assessment scores patient satisfaction evaluation educational medium results eightfour patients undergoing skin biopsies university california davis dermatology clinic participated study participants control group nonstatistically significant increase knowledge score mean sd 112 174 whereas video group statistically significant increase knowledge score mean sd 155 171 difference knowledge scores video verbal groups statistically significant participants groups highly satisfied biopsy education 10point scale mean sd usefulness appeal videos 901 15 901 166 respectively conclusions study demonstrated significant increase knowledge score following video education following oral education although betweengroup comparisons achieve statistical significance portable video media presenting informed consent wound care instructions skin biopsies appear effective result higher satisfaction traditional oral education