The Effect of Clear Masks on Patient Satisfaction With Physician Communication During Awake Brain Surgery

Status: Completed
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate participants' experience and satisfaction during the awake deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure. Normally, the neurologist will ask the participant questions and also ask the participant to perform tasks during surgery. During this time, the neurologist will be talking to the participant and the participant will be responding by answering questions or participating with the tasks. For some study participants, there will be one small change made to the typical way the neurologist conducts this evaluation. The study staff will then ask the study participants about their experience with the neurologist's evaluation. The subject will not be told what part of the evaluation is changed for the study, until after they have responded to the questionnaire.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 19
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Patients electing to undergo deep brain stimulator placement

• Patient in whom general anesthesia is not planned for stimulator target localization

Locations
United States
North Carolina
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Winston-salem
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-11-16
Completion Date: 2023-07-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 72
Treatments
Experimental: Clear Mask
Subjects randomized to this group will have a neurologist who wears a clear mask during their procedure and during their interaction with the subject.
No_intervention: Standard Mask
Subjects randomized to this group will have a neurologist who wears a standard mask during their procedure and during their interaction with the subject.
Authors
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

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