The Effects of Wearing Operation Gown With Cartoon Characters on Reducing Preoperative Anxiety in Children: Randomized Controlled Study

Pediatric patients aged between 4-12 years, who are planned to be operated by the Orthopedic Surgery Clinic in Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medicine Hospital Surgical Theatre, will be randomized preoperatively by closed envelope method. One group will have a preoperative visit, the investigator will meet the patient and assess the child's anxiety level using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS). Afterwards, the patient will be asked to choose one of the hospital gowns they want to wear and put it on with parental assistance. The other group also will have a preoperative visit, the investigator will meet the patient and assess the child's anxiety level using m-YPAS. The patient will be asked to wear the hospital gown used in the hospital in routine practice with parental assistance. Then the patients will be taken to the operating room as in the routine procedure. Before induction of anesthesia in the operating room, another investigator will re-evaluate the child's anxiety level using the m-YPAS scale. Vital signs, analgesic use and duration of surgery will be recorded during the operation. Afterwards, the satisfaction level of the parents will be evaluated.

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who are planned to have elective orthopedic surgery
• Patients whose American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification are between 1-3
• Patients who have approved the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Motor and/or mentally retarded patients
• Patients with hearing-speech impairment
• Patients whose ASA physical status classification IV-V
• Patients who do not accept informed consent and/or refused to participate in the study