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Brand A, Hornig C, Crayen C, Hamann A, Martineck S, Leistner DM, Dreger H, Sündermann S, Unbehaun A, Sherif M, Haghikia A, Bischoff S, Lueg J, Kühnle Y, Paul O, Squier S, Stangl K, Falk V, Landmesser U, Stangl V. Medical graphics to improve patient understanding and anxiety in elderly and cognitively impaired patients scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Clin Res Cardiol 2023:10.1007/s00392-023-02352-8. [PMID: 38117299 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02352-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Anxiety and limited patient comprehension may pose significant barriers when informing elderly patients about complex procedures such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the utility of medical graphics to improve the patient informed consent (IC) before TAVI. METHODS In this prospective, randomized dual center study, 301 patients were assigned to a patient brochure containing medical graphics (Comic group, n = 153) or sham information (Control group, n = 148) on top of usual IC. Primary outcomes were patient understanding of central IC-related aspects and periprocedural anxiety assessed by the validated Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), both analyzed by cognitive status according to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). RESULTS Patient understanding was significantly higher in the Comic group [mean number of correct answers 12.8 (SD 1.2) vs. 11.3 (1.8); mean difference 1.5 (95% CI 1.2-1.8); p < 0.001]. This effect was more pronounced in the presence of cognitive dysfunction (MoCA < 26) [12.6 (1.2) in the Comic vs. 10.9 (1.6) in the Control group; mean difference 1.8 (1.4-2.2), p < 0.001]. Mean STAI score declined by 5.7 (95% CI 5.1-6.3; p < 0.001) in the Comic and 0.8 points (0.2-1.4; p = 0.015) in the Control group. Finally, mean STAI score decreased in the Comic group by 4.7 (3.8-5.6) in cognitively impaired patients and by 6.6 (95% CI 5.8 to 7.5) in patients with normal cognitive function (p < 0.001 each). CONCLUSIONS Our results prove beneficial effects for using medical graphics to inform elderly patients about TAVI by improving patient understanding and reducing periprocedural anxiety (DRKS00021661; 23/Oct/2020). Medical graphics entailed significant beneficial effects on the primary endpoints, patient understanding and periprocedural anxiety, compared to the usual patient informed consent (IC) procedure. Patient understanding of IC-related aspects was significantly higher in the Comic group, with a more pronounced benefit in patients with cognitive impairment (p for IC method and cognitive status < 0.001, respectively; p for IC method x MoCA category interaction = 0.017). There further was a significant decline of periprocedural anxiety in patients with and without cognitive impairment (p for IC method x measuring time point < 0.001; p for IC method x MoCA category x measuring time point interaction = 0.018).
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Affiliation(s)
- A Brand
- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- Mintwissen-Science Communication Agency and Publishing House, Paulusstr. 11, 40237, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Goethe University Hospital, Universitäres Herz- und Gefässzentrum Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Rhein-Main, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Brand A, Crayen C, Hamann A, Martineck S, Gao L, Brand H, Squier S, Stangl K, Kendel F, Stangl V. Informed Consent before coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention from the patient’s perspective: A picture is worth a thousand words. IJC Heart & Vasculature 2022; 41:101076. [PMID: 35800041 PMCID: PMC9254333 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Brand
- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Germany
- Corresponding author at: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Education and Psychology, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- mintwissen – science communication agency and publishing house, Paulusstr. 11, 40237 Düsseldrof, Germany
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- Sophia Martineck, Kollwitzstraße 52, 10405 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Brill Professor Emeritus of English and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University Park, and Freie Universität Berlin, Einstein Visiting Fellow, PA 16802, United States
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
- DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Berlin, Germany
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Brand A, Gao L, Dreger H, Hamann A, Crayen C, Brand H, Squier SM, Stangl K, Kendel F, Stangl V. Effects of medical graphic narratives (patient comic) on Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in patients undergoing coronary angiography and PCI. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.3123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background/Introduction
Increasing evidence suggests that patients scheduled for invasive cardiac procedures such as coronary angiography / PCI feel insufficiently informed about the planned procedure.
Purpose
To improve the Patient Informed Consent (IC) before coronary angiography by using “medical graphic narratives” (patient comic) that illustrate central IC-related aspects in a simple and understandable manner.
Methods
A patient comic illustrating central steps of the procedure, risks, treatment alternatives and behavioural measures was created in collaboration with professional scientific visual communicators. In a randomised, controlled, prospective trial, we included 121 patients undergoing coronary angiography/PCI. Patients were randomised to a group that was informed about the procedure using the usual Patient IC approach (official consent form and conversation with physician; Control group) or a group that additionally obtained a patient comic for reading (graphic illustrations of central IC aspects based on the official consent form; Comic group). Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), i.e. satisfaction with and perceived quality of the patient IC, were tested in both groups comparing single items of the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8) and self-designed single items in both IC groups. Differences were compared using the Fisher's exact test. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results
PROMs showed significant benefits in favour of the Comic group: Quality of the patient IC was perceived to be “very good” in 45.0% of the Comic group compared to 24.9% of patients in the Control group (p=0.023). Only 23.0% of the patients in the Control group, compared to 40.0% in the Comic group, stated that the IC procedure completely met their expectations (p=0.012). 57.4% in the Control group and 76.7% in the Comic group stated that all of their questions were satisfactorily adressed before the procedure (p=0.015). 43.3% in the Comic group, in contrast to 18.0% in the Control group, declared to feel “very satisfied” with the obtained IC procedure (p=0.002). The acceptance of the patient comic was very high: no patient (0%) expressed feelings of not being taken seriously by reading the patient comic.
Conclusions
Our data confirm pronounced limitations of the usual Patient IC practice before coronary angiography. The use of a patient comic that narratively illustrates central steps of the procedure positively impacts on patient-centered endpoints and significantly improves the patient IC procedure.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Friede Springer Herz Stiftung
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Affiliation(s)
- A Brand
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Department of Nephrology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Berlin, Germany
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- mintwissen – science communication agency and publishing house, Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität, Department of Education and Psychology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- The Pennsylvania State University, English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Berlin, Germany
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