Long Term Memory Preoperative Preparation Reduce Post Operative Behavioral Change

Prince of Songkla University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Behavior; Agitation

Treatments: Other: Preoperative video information

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04039269

PSUEA2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to test the hypothesis that long term memory created by preoperative video information can reduce the incidence of post operative behavioral changes.

Full description

Emergence agitation (EA) and Post operative behavioral change (PHC) are unpleasant experiences occurred in children after general anesthesia (GA). Previous study reported that the patient who had marked EA tended to have new-onset of postoperative maladaptive behavioral changes.Both pharmacologic and non pharmacologic interventions such as preoperative video information, hand held video games were used to reduce preoperative anxiety, EA and Post operative behavioral changes. In term of memory creation, short term memory (STM) was created. Later that the formation of memory trace requires time, and that this trace remains fragile until the long term memory formation process has been completed. In this study, the investigators hypothetize that long term memory created by preoperative video information can reduce the incidence of post operative behavioral changes.

Enrollment: 192 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• outpatient elective surgery
• aged between 3-14 years
• ASA physical status I-II

Exclusion criteria

• mental retardation
• patient's telephone contact not available
• emergency case
• having ICU admission plan postoperative

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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192 participants in 3 patient groups

Multiple (watch > 3 times)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Preoperative video information

Treatment:

Other: Preoperative video information

single (watch 1 time)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Preoperative video information

Treatment:

Other: Preoperative video information

conventional (do not watch)

No Intervention group

Description:

Do not watch video