Intranasal Midazolam for Treatment of Anxiety in Children Undergoing Suturing in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Measurement of patient anxiety used to test effect of anxiolytic pre-medication.The mYPAS consists of 5 items (activity, vocalizations, emotional expressivity, state of apparent arousal, and use of parents). Each item has Likert scale whereby participant's behavior is rated from 1 to 4 (Note: Vocalizations is the only item rated from 1 to 6), with higher numbers indicating the highest severity within that item. Each participant was given a mYPAS score for the "suturing" by two independent raters. These raters watched a digital recording of the participant undergoing suturing and from this digital recording used the mYPAS scale to assign a measurement of the participant's anxiety.

The mYPAS scale is rated as follows: Final scores = (Activity/4 + Vocal/6 + Emotional/4 + Arousal/4 + Parents/4) X 20. Scores range from 23 to 100 where a lower score is indicative of a lower level of anxiety and a higher is indicative of a higher level of anxiety.

Measurement of patient anxiety used to test effect of anxiolytic pre-medication.The mYPAS consists of 5 items (activity, vocalizations, emotional expressivity, state of apparent arousal, and use of parents). Each item has Likert scale whereby participant's behavior is rated from 1 to 4 (Note: Vocalizations is the only item rated from 1 to 6), with higher numbers indicating the highest severity within that item. Each participant was given a mYPAS score for the "suturing" by two independent raters. These raters watched a digital recording of the participant undergoing suturing and from this digital recording used the mYPAS scale to assign a measurement of the participant's anxiety.

The mYPAS scale is rated as follows: Final scores = (Activity/4 + Vocal/6 + Emotional/4 + Arousal/4 + Parents/4) X 20. Scores range from 23 to 100 where a lower score is indicative of a lower level of anxiety and a higher is indicative of a higher level of anxiety.

Measurement of patient anxiety used to test effect of anxiolytic pre-medication.The mYPAS consists of 5 items (activity, vocalizations, emotional expressivity, state of apparent arousal, and use of parents). Each item has Likert scale whereby participant's behavior is rated from 1 to 4 (Note: Vocalizations is the only item rated from 1 to 6), with higher numbers indicating the highest severity within that item. Each participant was given a mYPAS score for the "suturing" by two independent raters. These raters watched a digital recording of the participant undergoing suturing and from this digital recording used the mYPAS scale to assign a measurement of the participant's anxiety.

The mYPAS scale is rated as follows: Final scores = (Activity/4 + Vocal/6 + Emotional/4 + Arousal/4 + Parents/4) X 20. Scores range from 23 to 100 where a lower score is indicative of a lower level of anxiety and a higher is indicative of a higher level of anxiety.

Measurement of patient anxiety used to test effect of anxiolytic pre-medication.The mYPAS consists of 5 items (activity, vocalizations, emotional expressivity, state of apparent arousal, and use of parents). Each item has Likert scale whereby participant's behavior is rated from 1 to 4 (Note: Vocalizations is the only item rated from 1 to 6), with higher numbers indicating the highest severity within that item. Each participant was given a mYPAS score for the "suturing" by two independent raters. These raters watched a digital recording of the participant undergoing suturing and from this digital recording used the mYPAS scale to assign a measurement of the participant's anxiety.

The mYPAS scale is rated as follows: Final scores = (Activity/4 + Vocal/6 + Emotional/4 + Arousal/4 + Parents/4) X 20. Scores range from 23 to 100 where a lower score is indicative of a lower level of anxiety and a higher is indicative of a higher level of anxiety.

Validated measurement of anxiety, to be used to test parental/guardian anxiety at two time points. These time points are before intervention and immediately after suturing (prior to patient discharge from the ER, i.e. same day). The STAI contains 10 items for assessing trait anxiety and 10 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a standard scale ("Not at all", "Somewhat", "Moderately so", "Very much so") with a range of 20 to 80 where higher scores indicate greater anxiety and lower scores indicate lower levels of anxiety.

Validated measurement of anxiety, to be used to test parental/guardian anxiety at two time points. These time points are before intervention and immediately after suturing (prior to patient discharge from the ER, i.e. same day). The STAI contains 10 items for assessing trait anxiety and 10 for state anxiety. All items are rated on a standard scale ("Not at all", "Somewhat", "Moderately so", "Very much so") with a range of 20 to 80 where higher scores indicate greater anxiety and lower scores indicate lower levels of anxiety.

A tool to measure the effectiveness and safety of pediatric sedation, regardless of technique used for decreasing anxiety or pain during a procedure. The scale asks the physician to rate patient states (pain/stress, movement, consciousness & sedation side effects) based on observed behaviors (each observed behavior is given a score). The scores are then added together to give a score where -3 to 5 where the lower number is indicative of less anxiety/pain.

A tool to measure the effectiveness and safety of pediatric sedation, regardless of technique used for decreasing anxiety or pain during a procedure. The scale asks the physician to rate patient states (pain/stress, movement, consciousness & sedation side effects) based on observed behaviors (each observed behavior is given a score). The scores are then added together to give a score where -3 to 5 where the lower number is indicative of less anxiety/pain.

Faces Pain Scale: Validated self-report tool of pain for participants less than 5 years old. It is a scale that allows one to score the sensation of pain from zero to ten. The scale shows a visuals (faces) for each levels 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 of the scale. For example, 0 is represented by a "face" visual that expresses no hurt.

FLACC Scale: Tool to assess pain in children unable to use Faces Pain Scale-revised. The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale or FLACC scale is a measurement used to assess individuals that are unable to communicate their pain. The scale is scored in a range of 0-10 (0 represents no pain).

Faces Pain Scale: Validated self-report tool of pain for participants less than 5 years old. It is a scale that allows one to score the sensation of pain from zero to ten. The scale shows a visuals (faces) for each levels 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 of the scale. For example, 0 is represented by a "face" visual that expresses no hurt.

FLACC Scale: Tool to assess pain in children unable to use Faces Pain Scale-revised. The Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability scale or FLACC scale is a measurement used to assess individuals that are unable to communicate their pain. The scale is scored in a range of 0-10 (0 represents no pain).

Length of stay in the emergency department, measured from the end of the procedure to the time of discharge.

This is a measure of the length of the procedure (suturing) in minutes.

This is a measure how how many times the physician was correct in predicting whether the patient received intranasal saline or intranasal midazolam as the intervention drug.

This is a measure how how many times the parent/guardian was correct in predicting whether the patient received intranasal saline or intranasal midazolam as the intervention drug.