title: Does Multimedia Education with 3D Animation Impact Quality and Duration of Urologists' Interactions with their Prostate Cancer Patients?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This large multicenter study aimed to assess the impact of the use of multimedia tools on the duration and the quality of the conversation between healthcare providers (urologists, radiotherapists and nurses) and their patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  30 urological centers in Belgium used either videos or other instructive tools in their consultation with prostate cancer patients. Each consultation was evaluated for duration and quality using a visual analog scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 905 patient visits were evaluated: 447 without and 458 with video support. During consultations with video support, an average of 2.3 videos was shown. Video support was judged to be practical and to improve the quality of consultations, without loss of time, regardless of patient age or stage of disease management (p > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare providers indicate that the use of videos improved patient comprehension about prostate cancer, as well as the quality information exchange, without increasing consultation time. The use of video material was feasible in daily practice, and was easy to understand, relevant and culturally appropriate, even for the most elderly men. Multimedia education also helped to empower men to actively participate in their healthcare and treatment discussions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Ipsen NV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, 1000, Brussels, Belgium. alexandre.peltier@bordet.be.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Fouad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aoun
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, AZ Maria Middelares, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Filip
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ameye
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andrianne
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, UZ Gent, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Meerleer
authors.affiliation: Oncology Center Antwerp, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, 3000, Louvain, Belgium.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joniau
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, AZ Groeninge, 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Antoon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lambrecht
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, AZ Groeninge, 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ignace
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Billiet
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Ipsen NV, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vanderdonck
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University Clinics of Brussels, Erasme Hospital-ULB, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roumeguère
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Institut Jules Bordet, 1000, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Velthoven
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D001530:Belgium; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019212:Multimedia; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014572:Urology; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Educational technology; Multimedia; Patient education; Prostatic neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Urology