Impact of psychoeducational video on adjustment to open fracture
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Early adjustment following open fracture: the impact of viewing psychoeducational video material.
IRAS ID
263694
Contact name
Louise May Quarmby
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 1 days
Research summary
Summary of Research
High levels of psychological difficulty are often reported by patients with an open fracture. These patients frequently describe feeling distressed by the initial appearance of their scars and can struggle to adjust and prepare for the challenges they face on discharge. Patients’ expectations about the appearance of their wounds and their role in the recovery process may be aided with access to visual material that the patient and their family can revisit as often as is helpful to them. Treatment adherence is known to be enhanced where patients have information about how to adhere and believe that their actions will have the desired effect.
Therefore, the multi-disciplinary team involved in the care of these patients have developed two novel patient information videos. They include practical advice from staff about the recovery process, images of the wound throughout the healing process and ways to cope with the range of emotional responses that patients report following an open fracture. The experiences of previous patients are also included. This aim of this project is to evaluate the impact of viewing these videos on patients’ adherence to treatment and psychological and social functioning, as measured by standardised questionnaire responses. Additionally, the acceptability of these videos to these patients will be evaluated.
All adult patients with an open fracture attending the John Radcliffe Hospital Major Trauma Centre will be eligible to take part (unless they have a diagnosis of dementia, active delirium or traumatic brain injury). Participation will involve completing questionnaires whilst in hospital (within the first week and prior to discharge) and at a routine 3-month follow-up appointment. Patients will be randomly selected to either view the videos or receive treatment as usual, and their responses on the questionnaires will be compared.
REC name
East Midlands - Nottingham 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0220
Date of REC Opinion
1 Oct 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion