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Children*s anticipatory anxiety and actual distress associated with Magnetic Resonance Imaging without sedation

Children*s anticipatory anxiety and actual distress associated with Magnetic Resonance Imaging without sedation - MRI: experiences of children

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON32005
Enrollment
60
Registered
2008-08-18
Start date
2008-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-05-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

procedurele belasting Nvt

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children will only be included if written informed consent has been obtained from parents having parental responsibility or from the legal guardian. Parents and caretakers should be able to speak and understand the Dutch language.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children receiving general anaesthesia or sedation will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
- Anticipatory anxiety. The anticipatory anxiety will be assessed with a short version (six questions) of the state anxiety scale of the Dutch version of the STAI for children.10 - Actual distress: self report. Shortly prior to, during and after scanning, the children will be asked to indicate their level of distress on a Facial Image Scale (FIS). The FIS comprises a row of five faces ranging from very happy to very unhappy/distressed. We will offer an explanation in which we use a Dutch childlike connotation (*van streek zijn*). The children will be asked to point at which face they feel most like at that moment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Actual distress: physiological arousal. To obtain an indicator of autonomic nervous system arousal, the child*s heart and respiratory rate will be measured using a pulse oxymeter. - Actual distress: behavioural observations. The technician or other health care provider performing the procedure will be asked to use a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to rate the child*s degree of observed distress and degree of cooperation during the just completed procedure. The end-points of the 10 centimetre scale for distress are Not Distressed and Very Distressed. The endpoints for cooperation are Not Cooperative and Very Cooperative. - Child*s evaluation. Shortly after the scanning procedure, the children will be asked to fill out a short evaluation questionnaire asking them whether they would be willing to undergo a further scan, if they could indicate the pleasant and/or unpleasant features of MRI scanning and if they could compare the experience with a venipuncture.

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)