Reducing anxiety and stress in children undergoing surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- F41.1Generalized anxiety disorder
- Registration Number
- DRKS00030381
- Lead Sponsor
- Saarland University Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 154
Inclusion Criteria
Child's surgery in UKS
Child age: 5-12 years
elective surgery
general anesthetic
Up to ASA 1-3
Language: German
The child is able to follow and understand a premed story
Target clinic: Homburg University Hospital, pediatric surgery, ENT surgery
Exclusion Criteria
Problems of understanding on the part of the parents or the child
cognitive limitations
auditory problems
emergency surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference between the mean mYPAS scores (modified Yale anxiety scale) on the day of surgery of the two intervention groups<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parents also receive a specially prepared questionnaire regarding their experiences with the story being read aloud