Effect of Transportation Method on Preoperative Anxiety in Children

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03018145

Enrollment

Registered

2017-01-11

Start date

2017-01-12

Completion date

2017-04-20

Last updated

2018-01-02

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Conditions

Anxiety, Child Behavior

Brief summary

To evaluate the effect of wagon for transporting vehicle instead of standard stretcher car for reducing preoperative children's anxiety.

Interventions

DEVICEWagon

DEVICEStandard stretcher car

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Years to 7 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* American Society of Anesthesiologist physical status I * scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

* history of anesthesia or surgery * developmental delay * weighing over than 38kg * severe pain * administrated psychotomimetic drug

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Preoperative anxiety score using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale	From entry of operating room to induction of anesthesia

Countries

South Korea

Outcome results

None listed

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