Trial reportJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2019
The use of 3-dimensionally printed models to optimize patient education and alleviate perioperative anxiety in Mohs micrographic surgery: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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- Evaluating 3D-printed models for congenital heart disease: impact on parental anxiety and procedural understanding.Pediatric research · 2025Trial
- Three-Dimensional-Printed Models and Shared Decision-Making: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Demystifying longitudinal melanonychia: Low-cost 3D-printed nail models for patient education.JAAD international · 2026Review
- The psychological impact of using 3D printing and imaging technology for patient education: a scoping review.3D printing in medicine · 2026Review
- Using 3D-printing technology for patient education: a review of the literature.3D printing in medicine · 2025Review
- Impact of Modern Communication in Transforming Dental Care.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Enhancing patient satisfaction and reducing nurse workload: the impact of multimedia health education in a prospective single-center randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- 3D models for mohs micrographic surgery: a review on its use in patient education.Archives of dermatological research · 2024Review
- Perioperative Anxiety and Depression in Older Adults: Epidemiology and Treatment.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023Review
- Improving knowledge of Mohs surgery in patients and families with 3D-printed models and video animation: A survey-based cohort study.Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2021Article
- Evaluating the potential utility of three-dimensional printed models in preoperative planning and patient consent in gastrointestinal cancer surgery.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2021Article
- Patient education in Mohs surgery: a review and critical evaluation of techniques.Archives of dermatological research · 2021Review
- The utility of 3-dimensional-printed models for skull base meningioma surgery.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Article
- Enhancing Communication and Consent Using 3-D Printed Models With a Pediatric Dental Patient Presenting With Odontogenic Keratocysts Associated With Gorlin Syndrome: A Case Report.Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric DentistryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPerioperative patient anxiety in Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is associated with increased postoperative pain and decreased satisfaction.
objectiveTo determine whether a 3-dimensionally printed MMS model with standardized education (SE) improves perioperative patient understanding and anxiety.
methodsAn unblinded, randomized controlled trial was conducted, with patients randomly assigned to receive the MMS model plus SE or SE alone. Baseline and poststage understanding and anxiety were evaluated with the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Additionally, patients completed a 6-item knowledge assessment.
resultsEighty-two patients were enrolled, 42 in the MMS model and 40 in the SE group, with similar group mean age (67.8 years), sex (59.8% male), and previous MMS experience (47.6%). Both groups experienced significant reductions in VAS anxiety and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory scores and significant increases in VAS understanding. Compared with SE alone, the MMS model group had larger VAS anxiety reduction (change, -1.31; approaching significance) than the SE group (change, -0.52; P = .052) and 5.59 (93.25%) correct responses versus 5.15 (85.83%) correct responses in the SE group (P < .028). LIMITATIONS: Overestimations of baseline patient anxiety in our population and 91.1% recruitment of the intended study population limited study power.
conclusionA 3-dimensionally printed MMS model with SE may improve patient understanding of MMS and decrease perioperative anxiety.
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