Journal
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA-TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12127
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; educational animation-video; information provision; lumbar puncture; memory clinics; patient education; post-lumbar puncture complications
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- Pasman stichting
- Stichting Alzheimer Nederland
- Stichting VUmc fonds
- Stichting Dioraphte
- Stichting LSH-TKI [LSHM16025]
- Alzheimer Nederland
- Amsterdam Medical Center
- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
- Piramal Neuroimaging
- VU University Medical Center
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Preparing patients for lumbar puncture with an educational video can increase knowledge about the procedure and reduce feelings of uncertainty.
Background Patients often perceive a lumbar puncture (LP) as an invasive procedure. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a 3-minute educational animation-video explaining the LP procedure, on patients' knowledge, uncertainty, anxiety, and post-LP complications. Methods We included 203 newly referred memory clinic patients, who were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) home viewing of the video, (2) clinic viewing of the video, or (3) control condition (care as usual). Participants completed questionnaires measuring knowledge as information recall, uncertainty, anxiety, and post-LP complications, the latter when patients underwent an LP procedure (n = 145). Results Viewing the video increased information recall for both home (P < .001), and clinic viewers (P < .001) compared to controls. Levels of uncertainty decreased after viewing (P-for interaction = .044), particularly for clinic viewers. Viewing the video or not did not affect anxiety and post-LP complications. Discussion Preparing individuals for an LP by means of an educational video can help to increase knowledge about the procedure and reduce feelings of uncertainty.
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