Parents Perception and Compliance With Pre Operative Fasting Instructions in Paediatric Patients

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fasting

Treatments: Other: study of fasting time among pediatric patients undergoing day care surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03606564

9605/PG-2Trg/2013/13402

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the perception and compliance with the fasting instructions given to parents of children undergoing surgery. A questionnaire was provided to the parents indicating fasting time requested and actual time of fasting.

Full description

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) have recommended fasting guidelines of 8 hours of solids, 6 hours for formula milk, 4 hours for breast milk and 2 hours of clear liquids, for preoperative patients undergoing elective surgery. Parents of Children undergoing surgery are instructed to adhere to these guidelines. Parents might not be compliant with these instructions. They may fast their children less than or more than the recommended time.

Main aim of this study is to find out the incidence of non compliance with the fasting instructions and try to find the reasons for such non compliance.

Enrollment: 1,050 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children aged 1 to 12 years
• ASA I and II category
• Elective day care surgery
• General anaesthesia planned

Exclusion Criteria

• Parent's refusal to participate.
• Children with complex nutritional requirements eg. feeding via gastrostomy tube
• Parents who cannot read or understand English, Hindi or Punjabi

Trial design

1,050 participants in 1 patient group

paediatric patients undergoing day care surgery

Treatment:

Other: study of fasting time among pediatric patients undergoing day care surgery