The Effect of Reading Book on Preoperative Anxiety

Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Preoperative Anxiety

Treatments: Other: Informative story book; Other: Non Informative Story Book

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03880942

55/13

Details and patient eligibility

About

Observe the effects of reading an informative story book on preoperative anxiety and maternal anxiety

Full description

Observe the effects of reading an informative story book at preoperative period on preoperative anxiety by m-YPAS in the holding area and on maternal anxiety by STAI in the holding area.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA 1-2
• Elective surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic diseases
• Development disability
• Prematurity
• Neurological diseases
• Psychoactive medication use
• Hearing/visual impairment
• History of surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Informative Story Book

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients will be given a colorful story book that tells the hospital and operation procedure named 'Elif Ameliyat Oluyor'(Elif is undergoing surgery) and will be asked to read the book with children at least once before the operation.

Treatment:

Other: Informative story book

Non Informative Story Book

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Patients will be given a non-medical colorful story book called 'Çiftlik Öyküleri-Kamp' (Farm Stories-Camp) and will be asked to read the book with children at least once before the operation.

Treatment:

Other: Non Informative Story Book