Clown Doctors and a Sedative Premedicant for Children Undergoing Surgery

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Insomnia
• Interventions: Drug: midazolam; Other: clown doctor

• Registration Number: NCT00886314
• Lead Sponsor: Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of the present investigation will be to determine whether a combination of clown doctor and parental presence is more effective than a combination of sedative premedication and parental presence for reducing anxiety in children and their parents and for improving parental satisfaction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2009-02
• Study First Submitted: 2009-02-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-22
• Study Start: 2009-06
• Primary Completion: 2009-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 2009-10-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• children aged 2 to 12 yr, scheduled for minor surgery under general anesthesia will be included in the present study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with prematurity, development delay, previous anesthetic experience will be excluded from this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
midazolam	midazolam	-
clown doctor	clown doctor	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preoperative anxiety	Prior to induction of anesthesia

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Shaare Zedek Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Jerusalem, Israel