RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06698081

The Effect of Using Multimedia During the Informed Consent Process on the Anxiety of Parents of Orchiopexy Patients

The Effect of Using Multimedia During the Informed Consent Process on the Anxiety of Parents of Orchiopexy Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Sponsor

Marmara University

Enrollment

70 participants

Start Date

Nov 20, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Anxiety State Undescended Testis

Summary

Aim: The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to detect the effect of using multimedia during the informed consent process on the anxiety of parents of orchiopexy patients. Parents (primary caregivers) of the patients who underwent orchiopexy surgery are included in the study. The main question it aims to answer is: • Does the use of multimedia during the preoperative consent process affect the anxiety level of parents of patients undergoing orchiopexy surgery?

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

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This study is looking at whether showing parents a multimedia video (rather than just a verbal explanation) during the consent process before their child's orchiopexy surgery — an operation to bring an undescended testicle into the scrotum — reduces parental anxiety. **You may be eligible if...** - You are a parent of a child who is scheduled to have orchiopexy surgery **You may NOT be eligible if...** - Your child has had a previous orchiopexy operation - The orchiopexy is being combined with another surgical procedure such as hypospadias repair Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERVideo Multimedia

The second group will be informed of the Standard Informed Consent Form, Verbal Information, and Multimedia. In addition to the standard consent process, we planned to show a 6-minute video multimedia presentation containing information about undescended testis and orchiopexy.