Skip to content

Perioperative anxiety and delirium prophylaxis in children using a child-friendly interdisciplinary picture book to provide information before surgery and anesthesia

Perioperative anxiety and delirium prophylaxis in children using a child-friendly interdisciplinary picture book to provide information before surgery and anesthesia - PEDiPAD

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00033645
Enrollment
110
Registered
2024-02-22
Start date
2024-04-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-02-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

No disease or health problem is examined. The patients are recruited in the specialist areas of ENT, eye surgery and maxillofacial surgery with diseases corresponding to the specialist discipline and an indication for surgery.

Interventions

Group 1: First a patient group of 55 children will initially be observed as a control group. On the day of the operation, data will be collected using a questionnaire which could possibly be related t

Sponsors

Klinik für Anästhesie und operative Intensivmedizin UKSH Kiel
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
2 Years to 7 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: An operation in the fields of ENT, ophthalmology and maxillofacial surgery, consent to participate in the study and children at age between 2 and 7 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Refusal to participate in the study, communication problems, psychological and cognition-affecting illnesses, children younger than 2 years and older than 7 years.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction of the preoperative anxiety at children of 2-7 age using patient surveys preoperative on the ward and postoperative in the recovery room (STAIC-S, mYPAS).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction of the incidence of the postoperative delirium using the PAED Scale preoperative on the ward and postoperative in the recovery room.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAlina Balandin

Klinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin UKSH Kiel

alina.balandin@uksh.de043150066702

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026