Reduction of Preoperative Anxiety in Children: Clickamico Project 2nd Phase

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Preoperative Anxiety
• Interventions: Procedure: Video; Other: Standard care

• Registration Number: NCT01688115
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florence

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-09-18
• Study First Posted: 2012-09-19
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-09
• Status Verified: 2015-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-10-28
• Last Update Posted: 2015-10-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Procedure	Video	-
Standard Care	Standard care	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preoperative anxiety	perhaps 24 hours from child admission to surgery procedure	Preoperative anxiety is measured using the "Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS)"