Preoperative Information With Storybook for Pediatric Anesthesia

Trakya University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Animation, Cartoons, Preoperative Care, Anesthesia, Pediatric

Treatments: Other: showing cartoons -storybook; Other: showing cartoons - standard

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06382025

Alkinstorybook

Details and patient eligibility

About

Impacts of non-pharmacologic methods that help patients get prepared cognitively for processes of surgery and anesthesia on pediatric surgery patients' preoperational stress levels and anxiety levels had been examined in the scope of this comprehensive research project. In this project, a goal-oriented 8-9 minutes animation cartoon that is informative and educational had been developed, and pediatric surgery patients had been asked to watch this animation during preoperative period.

Enrollment: 168 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pediatric surgery patient including inguinal hernia repair, circumcision and tonsillectomy.
• without having previous emergency surgery and anesthetic experience,

Exclusion criteria

• Their parents reported developmental delays, mental retardation, or chronic illnesses of the children
• Emergency surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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168 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

storybook

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: showing cartoons -storybook

standart

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: showing cartoons - standard