Language During Inhalational Induction

Boston Children's Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Anesthesia; Adverse Effect; Emergence Delirium

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard/common language during induction; Behavioral: Positive language during induction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06324955

IRB-P00042507

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the impact of common (standard of care) language vs positive language used by clinicians during inhalational induction of anesthesia on anxiety and negative behaviors in children. This is a prospective randomized parallel group trial. Patients will be randomized 1:1 to the common/standard language group or the positive language group.

Enrollment: 128 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 10 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA 1 and 2 (Healthy Patients)
• Non-emergent cases
• 5-10 year olds
• Patients receiving inhalational induction

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking
• History of prior inhalational inductions
• Hearing difficulty
• Behavioral difficulty (Autism, Oppositional Defiant Disorder)
• Patients receiving premedication other than midazolam

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

---

128 participants in 2 patient groups

Common/Standard Language Group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard/common language during induction

Positive Language Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positive language during induction