A Telehealth Intervention to Increase Patient Preparedness for Surgery in Latinas

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · Nov 6, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is looking at how to better prepare Latina patients for surgery related to conditions like incontinence and prolapse. The study has three main goals: First, it will involve community members who will help shape the research. Second, the researchers will create a program designed to improve how prepared patients feel before their surgery. Finally, they will test this program to see how well it works and how it can be implemented in real settings.

To participate, you need to be a woman aged 18 or older, identify as Hispanic, and be scheduled for a specific type of surgery related to pelvic issues. The study is currently recruiting participants, and those who join can expect to be part of a supportive process that aims to make their surgical experience smoother and more informed. It’s important to note that this trial specifically focuses on surgeries performed in the operating room and excludes those for other conditions or procedures typically done in a doctor's office.

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who
• • 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)
• • Able to read and write English and/or Spanish
• • Urogynecologists who -Routinely perform urogynecologist surgeries to correct pelvic organ prolapse, urinary/fecal incontinence, fistula, urethral masses
• • Nurses who
• • Spend most of their time at a urogynecologic clinic
• • Engage in the process of preparing patients for urogynecologic surgery
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients who
• • 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
• • Patients undergoing procedures that are traditionally performed in the office (bladder Botox, pelvic floor Botox, urethral bulking)
• • Urogynecologists who
• • -Do not routinely perform urogynecologic surgery
• • Nurses who
• • Do not spend most of their time at a urogynecology clinic
• • Do not engage in the process of preparing patients for urogynecologic surgery