Salivary Cortisol level to assess Anxiety of children before surgery with the use or not of medicine
Phase 4
- Conditions
- anxietyE03.155
- Registration Number
- RBR-6kzpwyk
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 2 to 9 years; both genders; indication of small and medium-sized elective surgery; literate responsible
Exclusion Criteria
Children who receive chronic medications that depress the central nervous system, such as for the treatment of autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; american society of anesthesia classification greater than II; use of corticosteroids; carrying out dental treatment in the 24 hours before surgery; surgeries performed after 10 am, a time defined due to the circadian cycle, which causes a bias in the collection of salivary cortisol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected to find a reduction in anxiety of around 40% in the group that will undergo drug intervention, observed through comparison with the other two groups, control and intervention through videos. Descriptive statistics will be performed on the data with frequency and percentage for qualitative variables and mean, standard deviation, median and minimum and maximum values ??for quantitative variables. To verify the association between groups and categorized explanatory variables, a Chi-square or Fisher's Exact Test will be performed when necessary.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcomes are expected