Learning about Patients’ Experiences from the Time of Admission to the Hospital to the Time of Recovery after Surgery, PREPARE Study

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To assess if a supplemental patient educational video that addresses specific patient perioperative concerns influences the timing of patient discharge (ambulatory extended recovery [AXR] versus [vs] same day discharge) following minimally invasive surgery.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To assess patient satisfaction with the educational video and the timing of discharge.

II. To assess whether safety and surgical outcomes are affected by the timing of discharge.

III. To further delineate patient educational needs in the perioperative period using discrete choice survey.

OUTLINE:

PHASE I (COMPLETED 3/31/2021):

Patients complete a qualitative interview over 30 minutes regarding their preferences for post-operative recovery and concerns about the perioperative period.

PHASE II: Patients complete discrete-choice survey.

PHASE III: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms.

ARM A: Patients watch an educational video over 10 minutes addressing patient concerns about the perioperative period and recovery after surgery (post-operative recovery). Patients also receive usual care consisting of standard preoperative counseling.

ARM B: Patients receive usual care consisting of standard preoperative counseling.