Preoperative Anxiety
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a video shown using an iPad, compared to a standard treatment, to reduce preoperative anxiety in children who have to undergo to elective surgery procedure
Interventions
PROCEDUREVideo
The afternoon before the surgery session, a researcher will show to the child a video of the length of 6 minutes, using an I-pad. The video shows two clown doctors working constantly at Meyer Children's Hospital, which, through skits and gags, will tell the child how is an operating room and some devices and procedures used during the induction of anesthesia.
OTHERStandard care
In this arm orally information will be given by the nurse of the ward only to the parents of the child. Any additional information or explanation will be given to the child
Sponsors
University of Florence
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 11 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age between 6 and 11 * No cerebral impairment or cognitive impairment * Child and his/her family native speaker of Italian * admission to the hospital at list one day before the sugery procedure * presence of written consent of the parents to the study
Exclusion criteria
* age lower than 6 or upper than 11 * presence of cerebral impairment or cognitive impairment * Child and his/her family are not native speaker of Italian * absence of written consent of the parents to the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Preoperative anxiety | perhaps 24 hours from child admission to surgery procedure | Preoperative anxiety is measured using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS) |
Outcome results
None listed