Effect of Preoperative Information to Parents Before Ear-nose-throat Pediatric Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Consumer Satisfaction; Anxiety
• Interventions: Behavioral: Specific information brochure

• Registration Number: NCT03763292
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Children who will have surgery and need anesthesia, and their parents are often anxious and show signs of stress and discomfort. A main reason for concern and anxiety is fear of anesthesia and surgery, and lack of knowledge of what is going to happen. The purpose of the study is to see if a specific preoperative information brochure aimed at the parents will make the parents feel better prepared for the procedures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2018-12-04
• Study Start: 2018-12-10
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-03
• Study Completion: 2020-07-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Parents with children undergoing ear-nose-throat surgery in the study period

Exclusion Criteria

• Parents who do not speak nor read Norwegian.
• Parents who do not want to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Information brochure	Specific information brochure	Intervention: The parents are given a specific information brochure that describes the procedures that the child is going through during anesthesia when it has been decided that the child is going to have the surgery.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction with information	10 minutes	Self-reported satisfaction with provided information on a 5 point Likert scale where 1 is less satisfied and 5 is high satisfaction (range 1-5). In total four questions (sum score range 4-20)
Preparedness for the operating room setting	10 minutes	Self-reported to what degree parents feel prepared as to what will happen before/during induction of anaesthesia on a 5 point Likert scale where 1 is less prepared and 5 is very well prepared (range 1-5). In total two questions (sum score range 2-10)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Score (PSS-14)	10 minutes	Self-reported perceived stress measured by 14 questions on a 5-point Likert scale where 1 is Never and 5 is very often. Range for the total score is 1-70.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sykehus Levanger; 🇳🇴 Levanger, Norway