To determine the success rate of the AVATAR audio-visual system. All patients enrolled in the study will be counted, and each patient who is able to undergo at least one fraction without anesthesia will count as a success while each patient who does not have at least one fraction without anesthesia will count as a failure. The success rate will be the proportion of patients who are successes.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
80
Audio Visual System
Quality of life survey using the PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module
Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale Short Form (mYPAS-SF).\[24\] is a survey to measure anxiety
Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Success rate of AVATAR system
Success rate will be determined as the proportion of patients who are successes. Success will be counted as each patient who is able to undergo at least one fraction without anesthesia while each patient who does not have at least one fraction without anesthesia will count as a failure.
Time frame: 24 months
Measure Fractional Success using AVATAR system
Fractional Success will be is counted as a fraction in which the patient does not require anesthesia will count as a fractional success, while a fraction in which the patient required anesthesia will be a fractional failure.
Time frame: 24 months
Determine the difference in patient anxiety between successful AVATAR patients and not-successful patients.
The difference in patient anxiety between successful AVATAR patients and not-successful patients will be determined. Anxiety will be assesed by modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Survey Short Form (mYPAS-SF). mYPAS-SF measurement instrument uses 5 items, each representing a different domain of child anxiety, and is used at 4 points in time.
Time frame: 24 months
Compare the rates of anesthesia with historical controls
Compare the rates of anesthesia use between patients using AVATAR to historical controls who were not introduced to AVATAR.
Time frame: 24 months
Determine the rate at which patients convert from requiring anesthesia to not requiring anesthesia while using AVATAR
The rate at which patients convert from requiring anesthesia to not requiring anesthesia while using AVATAR will be determined. Conversion is determined by the fraction at which the patient switches from using anesthesia to not using anesthesia.
Time frame: 24 months
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women Children Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Minnesota
Minneota, Minnesota, United States
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, United States
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, New York, United States
University North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Cincinnati Children's/UC Health Proton Therapy Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
...and 1 more locations
Difference in health quality of life between subjects with or without anesthesia
The difference between family-reported health-related quality of life between patients who were able to tolerate treatment without anesthesia using the AVATAR program and patients who required anesthesia for the entire treatment. The quality of life will be measured using Pediatric oncology quality of life inventory 3.0-cancer module (PedsQL 3.0 Cancer Module)
Time frame: 24 months
Assess predictability for AVATAR patient success
AVATAR patient success will be determined by using the predictability of the PedsQL3.0 Cancer and modified Yale Preoperative Assessment Survey Short Form (mYPAS-SF) questionnaires. mYPAS-SF measurement instrument uses 5 items, each representing a different domain of child anxiety, and is used at 4 points in time.
Time frame: 24 months