Introduction: In the age of information technology, new platforms are consulted by patients (pts) to acquire their own consciousness about medical treatments, even if often information found are not reliable. The European Association of Urology Patient Information (EAU PI) delivers, with the support of EAU guidelines, high quality video-content about surgical procedures with a language easy to understand for pts. The aim of this study was to assess the level of understanding and feasibility of video consensus administration in pts scheduled for TURB comparing it with standard written informed consensus. Methods: The EAU PI video content about TURB was translated in Italian and implemented with possible complication explanation at the end of it. After Ethical Committee approval, from January 2021 to June 2022 all pts who underwent TURB for bladder cancer (BC) at our institution were prospectively included in this study. A print-based traditional consensus was administered and, after that, a video information about TURB with potential complication explanation was showed to all pts. After paper-based consensus and after video consensus, pts received a preformed Likert 10 scale questionnaire to evaluate: 1)comprehension; 2)simplicity; 3)satisfaction, with a score from 1 to 10. Descriptive and variance analysis was performed through SPSS v27 with an alpha value of significance set at 0.05, comparing the different types of consensus. Results: 180 pts were included in our study and 360 questionnaires for both paper and video based consensus were evaluated. 25% (45) were female and 75% (135) were male, 55% (99) were aged 50–69 years, 45% (81) 70–80 years. Mean score ± standard deviation (SD) for different domains analysed was the following: mean comprehension score ± (SD) was 7 ± (0.7) in standard consensus group versus 8.8 ± (0.6) in the video consensus group, p*=0.0001. Mean simplicity score ± (SD) was 6.7 ± (0.4) in standard consensus group versus 8.4 ± (0.7) in the video consensus group, p*=0.0001. Mean satisfaction score ± (SD) was 6.6 ± (0.6) in standard consensus group versus 9 ± (0.5) in the video consensus group, p*=0.0001. *U Mann-Whitney test for independent samples Conclusions: All the domains analysed showed a higher statistically significant appreciation for video consent compared to traditional informed consent. Overall satisfaction, with a mean score of 9 out of 10, showed to our advice the way to chase for the future. Video consent represents a simple and comprehensive tool for pts and can improve their awareness and satisfaction. SOURCE OF Funding: none
