Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
anxiety, anaesthesia, child, RCT, Elective surgery
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate whether detailed and illustrated information (comics) about anaesthesia reduce preoperative anxiety in children being subjects to craniotomy. Children scheduled for craniotomy are randomized to groups receiving a comic leaflet explaining the course of anaesthesia before preanaesthesia visit or no intervention. Preoperative anxiety is assessed with anxiety scale STAIC for the two groups of participants.
Interventions
OTHERInformation with comics
Information of children with comic leaflet
Sponsors
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Male or female children between 6 to 16 years and 11 month old. * Children scheduled to have a craniotomy or orthopaedic surgery (multi-level surgery, spinal decompression, osteosarcoma resection, column surgery , fibroid curettage, Nuss bar procedure, hip varus surgery) or visceral and urologic surgery (intestinal continuity restoration, hypospadias surgery, bladder malformation, sarcoma). * Children with a high, normal or light level of verbal comprehension (normal academic level or less than two repeating). * Children coming with their parents.
Exclusion criteria
* Previous surgery. * Unwillingness to participate (parents or child)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of anxiety scale (STAIC-S) | before preanaesthesia consultation and after preanaesthesia consultation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Level of verbal comprehension : WISC 4 (similitude, vocabulary and comprehension) | before preanaesthesia consultation |
| Level of anxiety scale (STAIC-T) | Before preanaesthesia consultation |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed