Prospective Study Assessing the Validity of Y-PAS (Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale) to Predict Patients Undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Without the Use of Sedation/General Anesthesia

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02586103

Enrollment

Registered

2015-10-26

Start date

2015-11-30

Completion date

2017-04-30

Last updated

2017-06-20

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Conditions

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Brief summary

The mYPAS (Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale) is a quick, easy, validated and gold standard assessment tool to measure pediatric anxiety in the perioperative period. Therefore the objective of the current prospective study is examine if the mY-PAS is an effective screening tool to differentiate patients who would succeed versus fail for MRI without sedation/anesthesia.

Interventions

DEVICEMRI simulation

It is not a working MRI machine but sounds and feels just like the real machine.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all patients and parents who are willing to participate in the simulated practice MRI on the day of or prior to their scheduled MRI.

Exclusion criteria

* patients/parents who refuse to go through the practice MRI sessions.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anxiety score	Immediately following MRI simulation	Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026