The Magic Coat Trial: Investigating the effect of activating coping skills and resilience on perioperative anxiety levels in children in the hospital and beyond
- Conditions
- Perioperative anxietyChildren undergoing general anaesthesiaAnaesthesiology - Other anaesthesiologyMental Health - AnxietySurgery - Other surgery
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000403639
- Lead Sponsor
- Perth Children's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Children admitted to the 'day of surgery' unit undergoing elective surgery at Perth Children’s
Hospital.
1. Children undergoing emergency surgery.
2. Children coming for surgery via a ward other than the 'day of surgery' unit.
3. Any concern in the ability of the parents/guardian or child to appropriately adhere to the study protocol or any issues which, in the investigator’s opinion, would increase the risks of study participation to the child.
4. Language barriers impeding data collection.
5. Department for Child Protection and Family Support is involved in the care of the child.
6. Inability for the child to interact with the resource/program, such as children with severe global developmental delay, visual or auditory impairments.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is to compare change in levels of anxiety from baseline (T1) to anaesthetic induction (T3) between the Phase 1 control group and Phase 3 Magic Coat group. This will be assessed using the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS).[ The mYPAS for each participant will be documented upon preoperative admission (T1), during sign-in to theatre (T2) and at anaesthetic induction (T3).]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method