Viewing of a song-based videotape by pre-school aged children to reduce their anxiety before anaesthesia is commenced using a face mask.
- Conditions
- Paediatric perioperative anxietyAnaesthesiology - AnaestheticsMental Health - Anxiety
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612001283864
- Lead Sponsor
- Monash Children's Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 3-6 scheduled for mask induction of anaesthesia, ASA 1 or 2, having their first ever anaesthetic, who speak English as their first language
Exclusion Criteria
Diagnosed behavioural disorders or developmental delay, English not their first language, history of chronic illness or birth at <36 weeks, children who were prescibed sedative premedication
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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