Impact of Preop Video on Patient Anxiety

Evaluation of Preoperative Counseling Video on Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Vaginal Prolapse Surgery

To determine whether a pre-operative educational video has an impact on the anxiety of patients undergoing vaginal prolapse surgery

Inclusion Criteria:

• Prolapse surgery may include: apical repair with uterosacral ligament suspension, or sacrospinous/iliococcygeal ligament fixation, or sacrocolpopexy.
• They may also have a concomitant total vaginal hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingectomy/oophorectomy, other compartment repairs for prolapse, or a suburethral sling for incontinence.
• Surgery by one of the fellowship trained Urogynecologists at TriHealth
• Age >= 18
• English speaking
• Able to comprehend and answer the survey completely.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Concomitant procedure with another surgeon
• Resides in a nursing home
• Non-English speaking
• Patients with mental disability, Alzheimer's disease, dementia that would preclude complete answering of the survey or inability to answer the questions.