Reduction of Preoperative Anxiety in Children: Clickamico Project 2nd Phase

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a video shown using an iPad, compared to a standard treatment, to reduce preoperative anxiety in children who have to undergo to elective surgery procedure

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Key information

Conditions

Preoperative Anxiety

Age range

6 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Age between 6 and 11
No cerebral impairment or cognitive impairment
Child and his/her family native speaker of Italian
admission to the hospital at list one day before the sugery procedure
presence of written consent of the parents to the study

Exclusion criteria

age lower than 6 or upper than 11
presence of cerebral impairment or cognitive impairment
Child and his/her family are not native speaker of Italian
absence of written consent of the parents to the study

Treatment and study plan

Video

Procedure

The afternoon before the surgery session, a researcher will show to the child a video of the length of 6 minutes, using an I-pad. The video shows two clown doctors working constantly at Meyer Children's Hospital, which, through skits and gags, will tell the child how is an operating room and some devices and procedures used during the induction of anesthesia.

Standard care

Other

In this arm orally information will be given by the nurse of the ward only to the parents of the child. Any additional information or explanation will be given to the child

Primary outcomes

Preoperative anxiety

Time frame: perhaps 24 hours from child admission to surgery procedure

Preoperative anxiety is measured using the "Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS)"

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Florence

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2012
Primary completion: 2014
Study completion: 2014
First posted: Sep 19, 2012
Registry last updated: Oct 29, 2015

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