A Telehealth Intervention to Increase Patient Preparedness for Surgery in Latinas

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham

About this trial

There are 3 aims of this study. In Aim 1 community patient partners will be enrolled to help guide the research being performed in all of the aims. Investigators will also administer a survey that will help determine factors associated with surgical preparedness. In Aim 2 investigators will develop an intervention to increase surgical preparedness using Human Centered Design Methods. Aim 3 will pilot test the intervention using mixed methods to determine feasibility and implementation outcomes.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Self-report as female

18 years and older

Self-report as Hispanic ethnicity

Scheduled to undergo a surgery for a urogynecologic condition in the operating room (surgery to correct pelvic organ prolapse, urinary/fecal incontinence, fistula, urethral masses)

Disqualifiers

Self-report as male

Are less than 18 years of age

Self-report as not of Hispanic ethnicity

Scheduled to undergo a surgery for a condition that is not urogynecologic or is not in the operating room

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Telehealth intervention

Treatment groups

357 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Lead sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator