Assessing Patient Anxiety During Mohs Micrographic Surgery

NCT03756792 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-01-29

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Summary

This study will assess the anxiety that patients are experiencing during a Mohs micrographic surgery. The study will compare the feelings of anxiety experienced by patients returning for Mohs surgery after already undergoing the surgery at least one time to feelings experienced by patients who have never had Mohs surgery before. The study will also compare the feelings experienced by patients who have read a vignette about the typical Mohs experience to the feelings of patients who have not read a vignette.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Normal Education Material

Patients will receive standard educational material about Mohs micrographic surgery.

BEHAVIORAL

Vignette

Patients will receive standard educational material about Mohs micrographic surgery and read a vignette detailing the typical experience of a Mohs patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Feldman, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-26
Primary Completion
2024-02-28
Completion
2024-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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