WashU DIEP Flap Video and Patient Understanding Improvement

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Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06864754

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

300

Starts

2025-07-18

Expected to finish

2026-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Scheduled to have DIEP-flap breast reconstruction at Barnes Jewish Hospital
• Speak English
• ≥ 18 years of age

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking are excluded as the consent, questionnaires, and video are only available in English.

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States (enrolling)

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