Salivary alpha amylase and its relationship with preoperative anxiety in children who are undergoing an elective surgery.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/05/067469
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care GMCH Chandigarh
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Age 2-9 years of either gender
ASA – I and II
Type of surgery – elective surgeries under general anaesthesia
Exclusion Criteria
Refusal of parents/ guardians to take part in the study
children with any orofacial deformities like Treacher collin syndrome, aplasia of salivary glands, ranula
children with neurological/ neurodeveopemental disorder
children undergoing emergency surgery
children who have undergone surgery more than 2 years of age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To determine the correlation of levels salivary alpha amylase (sAA) with <br/ ><br>preoperative anxiety in children scheduled for elective surgeryTimepoint: 1 day before surgery, 30 minutes before induction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Correlation of Salivary Alpha Amylase with Induction Compliance Checklist Score <br/ ><br>2. Correlation of Salivary Alpha Amylase with modified Yale Preoperative anxiety Scale one day before the surgery <br/ ><br>3. Assessment of Salivary Alpha Amylase as a predictor of preoperative anxiety in childrenTimepoint: 1 day before surgery, 30 minutes before induction, at induction