Preparing Children for Anesthesia With an Educational Pop-Up Book

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Preoperative Anxiety, Pediatric Coping

Treatments: Other: Pop-Up Book

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04796077

STUDY00000660

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluated an educational pop-up book about general anesthesia induction as an interactive, child-focused preoperative education resource for pediatric patients undergoing outpatient surgery. The study's objectives were to evaluate the book as an educational tool and to understand the book's effects on patient and caregiver perceptions of the surgical experience. The study's hypotheses were that preoperative education from the pop-up book, compared to standard care, would more effectively reduce children's fear and expected pain, facilitate more positive views of the procedure and preoperative explanations, encourage adaptive coping strategies, reduce behavioral anxiety at anesthesia induction, and increase caregiver satisfaction with the surgical experience.

Enrollment: 148 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 5-12 (inclusive)
• Undergoing outpatient medical procedures under general anesthesia with inhalation induction
• English-speaking
• Able to provide electronic consent/assent (legal guardian)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with severe developmental disabilities
• Unable to obtain electronic consent/assent from a legal guardian

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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148 participants in 2 patient groups

Pop-Up Book

Experimental group

Description:

Patients read an interactive pop-up book about general anesthesia induction in addition to standard consultation with an anesthesia provider.

Treatment:

Other: Pop-Up Book

Standard Care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients received standard consultation with an anesthesia provider (standard care).