Use of a brief educational video administered by a portable video device to improve skin cancer knowledge in the outpatient transplant population.

Abstract The considerably high risk of skin cancer development among transplant recipients warrants effective and efficient patient education on sun-protective behaviors. To evaluate the effectiveness and patient satisfaction of a brief educational video on skin cancer risks and sun-protective behaviors in the transplant population during a routine posttransplant follow-up visit, as compared with an educational handout. One hundred posttransplant patients were randomized to receive either video or pamphlet education about skin cancer. The primary outcome measure was knowledge acquisition, which was assessed using a 10-criterion grading instrument before and after the assigned educational intervention. The secondary outcome measure was patient satisfaction with the particular educational intervention received. Comparison between the 2 treatment groups demonstrated that the video group had significantly greater improvement in knowledge scores (3.96 ± 1.69) as compared with the pamphlet group (1.76 ± 1.42, p