A Telehealth Intervention to Increase Patient Preparedness for Surgery in Latinas
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
There are 3 aims of this study. In Aim 1 community patient partners will be enrolled to help guide the research being performed in all of the aims. Investigators will also administer a survey that will help determine factors associated with surgical preparedness. In Aim 2 investigators will develop an intervention to increase surgical preparedness using Human Centered Design Methods. Aim 3 will pilot test the intervention using mixed methods to determine feasibility and implementation outcomes.
Description
The purpose of this project is to understand surgical preparedness in Latinas undergoing urogynecologic surgery and to develop TIPPS-Latina a refined version of our telehealth intervention for Latinas undergoing urogynecologic surgery using HCD and D\&I methods. The goal of the first aim is to develop a participatory design approach and understand surgical preparedness in Latinas undergoing urogynecologic surgery. This cross-sectional study will run in parallel to the other aims. The participatory action framework will guide Aims 1-3. The goals of Aim 2 and Aim 3 are develop and test TIPPS-Lat…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
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 prepa…
Interventions
- BehavioralTelehealth intervention
This telehealth intervention will be made using human centered design methods
Location
- University of Alabama BirmginhamBirmingham, Alabama