Effect of Transportation Method on Preoperative Anxiety in Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child Behavior; Anxiety
• Interventions: Device: Standard stretcher car; Device: Wagon

• Registration Number: NCT03018145
• Lead Sponsor: Chonnam National University Hospital

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-10
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-11
• Study Start: 2017-01-12
• Primary Completion: 2017-03-25
• Study Completion: 2017-04-20
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-01-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard stretcher group	Standard stretcher car	Use a standard stretcher car as a transporting method in the operating room
Wagon group	Wagon	Use a wagon as a transporting method in the operating room

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chonnam National University Hospital; 🇰🇷 Gwangju, Korea, Republic of