The influence of preoperative emotional and behavioral function of children on postoperative behavior: Child Behavior Checklist ANESthesia Emergence Delirium

The influence of preoperative emotional and behavioral functioning of children between 1.5 and 12 on postoperative emergence delirium (ED) after dental surgery in day care

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN06510793

Enrollment

160

Registered

2014-05-19

Start date

2014-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-04

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Conditions

Maladaptive perioperative behavior in children Surgery

Interventions

This trial is an observation of 160 children who undergo dental surgery under anesthesia. Parents are asked to fill in a questionnaire on emotional and behavioral functioning of their child. A researc

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age from 1.5 to 12 years old 2. Intervention: dental surgery anesthesia 3. Information and consent forms of the parents 4. Accompanying parent present at induction 5. Parents who speak and understand Dutch 6. No premedication (the norm in Queen Paola Children?s Hospital)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Known mental/cognitive retardation 2. American Society Anesthesiologists ASA physical status I and II (attachment 15) 3. Children with objectified obstructive sleep apnea syndrome 4. Children with BMI > 25 5. Allergic reaction to sevoflurane and/or risk of malign hyperthermia Secondary exclusion criteria: 1. When parent or child no longer wish to participate 2. When a life-threatening situation occurs during the procedure (e.g., asystole)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The scores on the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium Scale (PAED) scale during 20 minutes postoperative and parallel to this the item score on the Additional Structured Behavior Observation (ASBO)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Postoperative pain scores concerning the child: 1. Just after waking up from anesthesia together with emergence delirium observations (four time points during 20 min every 5 min) an additional pain observation is done by using an observational pain measuring tool (FLACCnurse). When leaving the Post Operative Care Unit (PACU) two additional pain measurements are done again using a FLACCnurse scale (T1: 1 hour after leaving the PACU and T2: 2 hours after leaving the PACU). 2. Also at these same time points the parents are asked to assess their child?s pain by using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). 3. If the child is older than 6 years of age the child is asked to assess its pain by itself using a Faces Pain Scale ? revised (FPS-R) (same time points as the parental assessment). Taking note of: 1. The total intake of analgesics 2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting	—

Measure

Time frame

Postoperative pain scores concerning the child: 1. Just after waking up from anesthesia together with emergence delirium observations (four time points during 20 min every 5 min) an additional pain observation is done by using an observational pain measuring tool (FLACCnurse). When leaving the Post Operative Care Unit (PACU) two additional pain measurements are done again using a FLACCnurse scale (T1: 1 hour after leaving the PACU and T2: 2 hours after leaving the PACU). 2. Also at these same time points the parents are asked to assess their child?s pain by using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). 3. If the child is older than 6 years of age the child is asked to assess its pain by itself using a Faces Pain Scale ? revised (FPS-R) (same time points as the parental assessment). Taking note of: 1. The total intake of analgesics 2. Postoperative nausea and vomiting

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Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

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