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Animated Video Education for Retinal Surgery

ConditionRetinal Detachment
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorUniversity of Toronto

About this trial

Retinal detachment is a vision-threatening condition that requires urgent surgical repair. Understanding the condition, the surgery, and post-operative instructions is difficult for many patients, particularly in multilingual and multicultural populations. This study will evaluate whether short, animated educational videos, available in 25 languages and designed with accessibility features for patients with low vision, improve patient knowledge, reduce anxiety, and support adherence to post-operative instructions when added to standard counselling. Patients will be randomized to standard counselling alone versus counselling plus video in their preferred language. Outcomes will be measured with validated questionnaires at baseline, immediately after counselling, and one week post-surgery.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adults ≥18 years.

Diagnosis of primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.

Planned repair with pneumatic retinopexy (PnR), pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), or scleral buckle (SB).

Able to provide informed consent.

Disqualifiers

Repeat retinal detachment surgery in study eye.

Combined complex procedures (e.g., PPV + corneal transplant).

Severe cognitive impairment precluding consent.

Hearing impairment preventing use of audio track (without aid).

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Patient Education Video Intervention

    Other intervention

    Animated video with high-contrast visuals and audio narration in the patient's preferred language, covering diagnosis, surgical steps, and post-operative positioning.

Treatment groups

600 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control Arm (Standard Counselling)No intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Intervention Arm (Video + Standard Counselling)Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Knowledge

Change in knowledge score (0-10 scale) from baseline (pre-surgery) to post-intervention and procedure.

Time frame
1 week

Secondary outcomes

1

Anxiety

Change in anxiety score (0-10 visual analog scale) from baseline to post-intervention and 1 week post-surgery.

Time frame
1 week
2

Understanding

Change in self-reported understanding and self-efficacy (0-10 scale).

Time frame
1 week
3

Adherence

Adherence to post-operative positioning (self-reported hours/day, categorical scale) at 1 week.

Time frame
1 week
4

Patient Satisfaction

Patient satisfaction with information received (Likert 5-point scale) at 1 week

Time frame
1 week

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Toronto

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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