Preoperative animated videos reduce education time and increase content awareness for patients with digital subtraction angiography-guided implantable venous access ports

This study aimed to discuss the clinical value of health education using an animated video for postoperative patients with digital subtraction angiography (DSA)-guided implantable venous access ports. Retrospective study. Based on expert consensus and clinical experience, we created an animated video presenting postoperative health education for patients to watch after infusion port implantation and uploaded it to a multimedia room. A total of 93 patients who underwent DSA-guided implantable venous access port placement at our hospital from March to June 2022 and from July to October 2022 were selected. Forty-six patients who received traditional oral and written education from March to June 2022 were selected as the control group. Forty-seven patients who received animated video-assisted health education from July to October 2022 were selected as the experimental group. The time spent on health education and patients' awareness of the educational content were compared between the 2 groups. The time spent on health education in the experimental group was 3.51 ± 0.62 minutes, which was less than that of the control group, 6.76 ± 1.14 minutes (t = 17.07, P < .001). Patients' awareness of educational content in the experimental group was 8.62 ± 1.26 points, which was significantly better than the control group's 7.26 ± 1.63 points (t = -4.490, P < .001). Animated video-assisted health education can enable patients to gain a better understanding of educational content in a shorter time. Moreover, it can improve nurses' interventional efficiency. Therefore, this health education method is worthy of clinical promotion.