Information and Anaesthesia in Paediatrics

Hospices Civils de Lyon115 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to investigate whether detailed and illustrated information (comics) about anaesthesia reduce preoperative anxiety in children being subjects to craniotomy. Children scheduled for craniotomy are randomized to groups receiving a comic leaflet explaining the course of anaesthesia before preanaesthesia visit or no intervention. Preoperative anxiety is assessed with anxiety scale STAIC for the two groups of participants.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

115

Conditions

Anxiety

Interventions

Information with comicsOTHER

Information of children with comic leaflet

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 16 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female children between 6 to 16 years and 11 month old. * Children scheduled to have a craniotomy or orthopaedic surgery (multi-level surgery, spinal decompression, osteosarcoma resection, column surgery , fibroid curettage, Nuss bar procedure, hip varus surgery) or visceral and urologic surgery (intestinal continuity restoration, hypospadias surgery, bladder malformation, sarcoma). * Children with a high, normal or light level of verbal comprehension (normal academic level or less than two repeating). * Children coming with their parents. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous surgery. * Unwillingness to participate (parents or child)

Locations (1)

Hospices Civils de Lyon

Lyon, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Level of anxiety scale (STAIC-S)

Time frame: before preanaesthesia consultation and after preanaesthesia consultation

Secondary Outcomes

Level of verbal comprehension : WISC 4 (similitude, vocabulary and comprehension)

Time frame: before preanaesthesia consultation

Level of anxiety scale (STAIC-T)

Time frame: Before preanaesthesia consultation

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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