O-166 A smartphone video clip on the patient journey to reduce patient ’s anxiety: a randomized controlled trial

AbstractStudy questionCan a smartphone video clip detailing the patient journey decrease the anxiety of women and men on the day of their first oocyte aspiration?Summary answerThe video clip does not affect the anxiety of women but does reduce the anxiety of men on the day of couples ’ first oocyte aspiration.What is known alreadyInfertility and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) decrease the personal wellbeing of women and men. Couples shared that this contributed to their IVF discontinuation despite a good prognosis and reimbursement of IVF. Previous longitudinal studies confirmed that pre-IVF anxiety is associated with IVF discontinuation. Limiting treatment anxiety is, therefore, relevant for fertility patients and clinics. Studies from the field of reproductive medicine examining the effect of preparatory information on anxiety suggest that focussed interventions seem more effective than complex interventions. Several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) found that preparatory information movies reduce anxiety for out-patient cardiology procedures in women and men.Study design, size, durationThis monocentric RCT randomized (1:1 allocation; computerized) 190 heterosexual couples about to start their first IVF cycle between care as usual (i.e. preparatory information session 1-3 months before IVF) and care as usual combined with a novel intervention during a 24 months recruitment period (2018-2020). The novel intervention is a 5-minute smartphone video clip detailing the patien...
Source: Human Reproduction - Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research