Impact of pictorial and movable story book on preoperative anxiety and postoperative behavioral disturbances.

Impact of pictorial and movable story book on preoperative anxiety and postoperative behavioral disturbances among hostopitalized 4 - 8 year-old Children with tonsillectomy.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT2015082223704N1

Enrollment

Registered

2015-12-13

Start date

2015-07-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Condition 1: Situational anxiety and behavioral disturbances. Condition 2: Situational anxiety and behavioral disturbances. specific (isolated) phobias Undue concern and preoccupation with stressful events

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: the story book will be read For 30 minutes on the night before surgery. The researcher would fill the anxiety and the behavioral disorders questionnaire before and

Behavior

Intervention group: the story book will be read For 30 minutes on the night before surgery. The researcher would fill the anxiety and the behavioral disorders questionnaire before and after surgery an

Control group: Only routine will be performed. In order to avoid any bias, the anxiety questionnaire would be filled before and after surgery and ten days after intervention of the assessment group i

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

4 Years to 8 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: age between 4 -8 years; Lack of chronic diseases (cancer, liver disease and kidney); Have good speaking and hearing abilities; The presence of a parent or guardian at the time of admission; No surgery and hospitalization in the past; The lack of central nervous system diseases and mental illness; Exclusion criteria: Children and parents not wanting to continue studying; Stopping the surgery under any conditions; lack of cooperation in listening to the story.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Manifest and hidden Anxiety children. Timepoint: Immediately after the intervention and before surgery and after 10 days. Method of measurement: RCMAS scale.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Behavioral disturbances. Timepoint: Before and 10 days after operation. Method of measurement: Created researcher questionnaire.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSeyedeh Maryam Molayi

Dezfoul University of Medical Science

Reaserch@dums.ac.ir+98 61 4242 9731

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026