The Effect of Electric Ride-On Cars Use During Transport to the Operating Theatre

Uşak University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Surgery; Anxiety; Preoperative Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Transfer with an electric ride-on car

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06303843

13.04.2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of the use of a electric ride-on car during transport to the operating theatre on preoperative anxiety in children undergoing elective ambulatory surgery. As a distraction method, children in the experimental group will be introduced to the operating theatre with a electric ride-on car. Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form will be used to evaluate anxiety. The sample size was determined as 118 as a result of power analysis. 59 children will be included in the experimental group and 59 children in the control group.

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Enrollment: 118 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 10 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between 2-10 years old,
• Less than 35 kg (according to the manufacturer's instructions for ride-on battery cars),
• To undergo elective surgery,
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• having cognitive or physical disabilities that may prevent riding a electric ride-on car
• premedication before surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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118 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Transfer to the operating theatre with an electric ride-on car

Treatment:

Other: Transfer with an electric ride-on car

Controlled group

No Intervention group

Description:

Transfer to the operating theatre with a paediatric trolley