AnesthesiaNCT05188547
Information Retention After Video (Augmented) Preoperative Anesthesiological Education
A study testing Video education in people with Anesthesia and Education, run by Erasmus Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.
Trial summary
Patient education is continuously becoming more important to enable patients to participate in making decisions regarding their medical treatment. Specifically, this is also the case for preoperative education on anesthesia. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Anesthesia, Education, Informed Consent
- What is being tested?
- Video education
- Type of treatment
- Medical device
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 677 participants
- Where
- 1 siteNetherlands
- Study dates
- 1 Feb 2022to 1 Apr 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- adults visiting the preoperative anesthesia clinic
- elective surgery
- able to read, write and understand the Dutch language
Who cannot join
- cardiothoracic surgery
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Patient education is continuously becoming more important to enable patients to participate in making decisions regarding their medical treatment. Specifically, this is also the case for preoperative education on anesthesia. Worldwide, there are many initiatives to improve preoperative patient education and subsequent level of knowledge of anesthesia, for example by using digital aids. The demand for such aids has increased significantly since the start of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to facilitate remote preoperative anesthesiological screening. Although many videos to educate patients on anesthesia have been developed and circulate on the internet, there has been little effort to compare this method of educating patients with the traditional one-on-one conversation between the anesthesiologist and the patient.
Objective: To compare short, mid-and long term retention of knowledge after education on anesthesia by watching a video to the traditional one-on-one explanation by the anaesthesiologist.
Read the detailed description
Participants will be randomized into 4 arms. A control group that will only take the knowledge test after the consultation by the anesthesiologist, a baseline group that will take the knowledge test before and after the consultation to investigate the added value of a knowledge test to knowledge retention. The intervention group is divided into 2 groups. One group will see the educational video and take a knowledge test afterwards. The other group will see the educational video and visit the anesthesiologist afterwards and take the knowledge test after the consultation.
After 2 and 6 weeks patients will be asked to take the knowledge test again, to investigate knowledge retention.
The knowledge test that will be used is the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire currently under development in the Erasmus MC Rotterdam.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Education, Informed Consent, Anxiety, Multimedia
- Being tested
- Video education
- Medical subject headings
- Anxiety Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Video educationDevice
Participants will be shown a video educating them on anesthesia and perioperative instructions.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. No knowledge test before the consultation. |
| Baseline | No intervention | No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. Also a knowledge test before the consultation. |
| Video | Experimental | Video education and a knowledge test directly afterwards. Consultation by the anesthesiologist after the knowledge test. Receives: Device: Video education |
| Video Augmented | Experimental | Video education and consultation by the anesthesiologist directly afterwards. The knowledge test is taken after the consultation. Receives: Device: Video education |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Information retention short-term
Score on the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire (RAKQ). Results will be expressed as the percentage correct answers of the total number of questions. A higher score means a better knowledge level.
Measured: Immediately after the information is provided
Secondary outcomes (2)
Information retention mid-term
Difference in score on the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire (RAKQ). Results will be expressed as the percentage correct answers of the total number of questions. A higher score means a better knowledge level.
Measured: Two weeks after the information is provided compared to directly after the information is provided.
Anxiety
Difference in score on the APAIS (Amsterdam Preoperative Anxiety and Information Scale). Scores can be between 6 and 30 points, with a higher score meaning a more anxious patient, more in need for information about the surgery and anesthesia.
Measured: Immediately after the information is provided
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Jan 2022
- Study start1 Feb 2022
- Primary completion1 Feb 2023
- Study completion1 Apr 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for AnesthesiaStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Erasmus Medical CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Care provider
- Enrolment
- 677 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Health Holland, NovaCair
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Jan-Wiebe Korstanje, Erasmus Medical Center
- Investigators
- Jan-Wiebe Korstanje, MD MSc PhD, Principal investigator, Erasmus Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05188547
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MEC-2021-0769
- Status last verified
- Apr 2024
- First submitted
- 7 Dec 2021
- Last updated
- 17 Apr 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification.
Publications
van den Heuvel SF, Jonker P, Hoeks SE, Ismail SY, Stolker RJ, Korstanje JH. The effect of stand-alone and additional preoperative video education on patients' knowledge of anaesthesia: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2025 Apr 1;42(4):313-323. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000002109. Epub 2024 Dec 19.
PubMed 39704038
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 17 Apr 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Information Retention After Video (Augmented) Preoperative Anesthesiological Education
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05188547
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MEC-2021-0769
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Education, Informed Consent, Anxiety, Multimedia
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 677 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Erasmus Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Health Holland, NovaCair
- Study start
- 1 Feb 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Feb 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Apr 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Patient education is continuously becoming more important to enable patients to participate in making decisions regarding their medical treatment. Specifically, this is also the case for preoperative education on anesthesia. Worldwide, there are many initiatives to improve preoperative patient education and subsequent level of knowledge of anesthesia, for example by using digital aids. The demand for such aids has increased significantly since the start of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to facilitate remote preoperative anesthesiological screening. Although many videos to educate patients on anesthesia have been developed and circulate on the internet, there has been little effort to compare this method of educating patients with the traditional one-on-one conversation between the anesthesiologist and the patient.
Objective: To compare short, mid-and long term retention of knowledge after education on anesthesia by watching a video to the traditional one-on-one explanation by the anaesthesiologist.
Detailed description
Participants will be randomized into 4 arms. A control group that will only take the knowledge test after the consultation by the anesthesiologist, a baseline group that will take the knowledge test before and after the consultation to investigate the added value of a knowledge test to knowledge retention. The intervention group is divided into 2 groups. One group will see the educational video and take a knowledge test afterwards. The other group will see the educational video and visit the anesthesiologist afterwards and take the knowledge test after the consultation.
After 2 and 6 weeks patients will be asked to take the knowledge test again, to investigate knowledge retention.
The knowledge test that will be used is the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire currently under development in the Erasmus MC Rotterdam.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (care provider)
- Number of arms
- 4
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | –No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. No knowledge test before the consultation. |
| Baseline | No intervention | –No video education, only consultation by the anesthesiologist. Also a knowledge test before the consultation. |
| Video | Experimental | Device: Video educationVideo education and a knowledge test directly afterwards. Consultation by the anesthesiologist after the knowledge test. |
| Video Augmented | Experimental | Device: Video educationVideo education and consultation by the anesthesiologist directly afterwards. The knowledge test is taken after the consultation. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- adults visiting the preoperative anesthesia clinic
- elective surgery
- able to read, write and understand the Dutch language
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- cardiothoracic surgery
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Video educationParticipants will be shown a video educating them on anesthesia and perioperative instructions. | Device | Video, Video Augmented |
Primary outcome
Information retention short-term
Time frame: Immediately after the information is provided
Score on the Rotterdam Anesthesia Knowledge Questionnaire (RAKQ). Results will be expressed as the percentage correct answers of the total number of questions. A higher score means a better knowledge level.
2 secondary outcomes
Information retention mid-term
Time frame: Two weeks after the information is provided compared to directly after the information is provided.
Anxiety
Time frame: Immediately after the information is provided
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 17 Apr 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 39704038van den Heuvel SF, Jonker P, Hoeks SE, Ismail SY, Stolker RJ, Korstanje JH. The effect of stand-alone and additional preoperative video education on patients' knowledge of anaesthesia: A randomised controlled trial. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2025 Apr 1;42(4):313-323. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000002109. Epub 2024 Dec 19.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Individual participant data that underlie the results reported in this article, after deidentification.
Related trials for Anesthesia
Not yet recruitingObservational study
"Comparison of Oxygen Reserve Index (ORI), End-Tidal Oxygen, and Time-Based Preoxygenation Targets With Arterial Blood Gas During Preoxygenation
Preoxygenation Adequacy Assessed by Oxygen Reserve Index, End-tidal Oxygen and Arterial Blood Gas
RecruitingObservational study
Comparison of Hemodynamic Responses During Anesthesia Induction Using Eleveld and Schnider
Spinal (Fusion) Surgery, Total Intravenous Anesthesia
Not yet recruiting
A Randomized Controlled SaCo-VLM Trial
General Anaesthesia Using Supraglotic Airway
Not yet recruiting
Bispectral Index-Guided Propofol Sedation During Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Deep Sedation, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
RecruitingPhase 4
Comparison of Hemodynamics and Respiratory Function Between Ciprofol and Propofol in Elderly Patients Undergoing Non-intubated General Anesthesia
Comparison of Hemodynamics and Respiratory Function Between Ciprofol and Propofol in Elderly Patients Undergoing Non-intubated General Anesthesia
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jan-Wiebe Korstanje, MD MSc PhD principal investigator
Erasmus Medical Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Video education in people with Anesthesia and Education, run by Erasmus Medical Center at 1 site in Netherlands.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 17 Apr 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Netherlands. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Information retention short-term (time frame: Immediately after the information is provided). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05188547, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 17 Apr 2024.