Child-centered Communication and Anesthesia Use for MRI

Universidade do Porto90 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this project is to study the influence of child-centered communication on children's anxiety, satisfaction and the use of anesthesia for MRI

This study seeks to inspect the influence of a child-centered communication (CCC) on anesthesia use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams among four- to 10-year-old children. Children's levels of anxiety and satisfaction with the interaction also are assessed. Children are divided into three groups by order of arrival. Group 1 receives routine information about the MRI and simulates it with an MRI toy (EG1). Group 2 simulates the exam with the toy and receives the CCC. These two groups are compared with a third group of children who had received only the routine information about the exam and who served as a comparison group (CG).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Behavioral Problem of Child Anxiety

Interventions

Child-centered communicationBEHAVIORAL

The child is asked for ideas, fears and concerns regarding the magnetic resonance imaging exam and responses are tailored to these individual needs

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 10 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Ages between four and 10 years old * Having a medical request for the MRI in the hospital * The MRI performed for the first time Exclusion Criteria: * Presenting cognitive, psychiatric or neurological conditions that prevented the understanding of communication * Having any intra-body devices that impeded performance of the MRI exam

Locations (2)

Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João

Porto, Portugal

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

Porto, Portugal

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Anesthesia count

Number of children who perform the Magnetic Resonance Imaging exam using anesthesia

Time frame: 30 minutes (after the Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

Secondary Outcomes

Change in self-reported anxiety

Change in anxiety levels before and after preparation for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging, assessed through a self-report question responded on a 1 ("very calm") to 5 ("very scared") scale

Time frame: 20 minutes (before and after the child's preparation)

Change in heart rate frequency

Change in anxiety levels before and after preparation for the Magnetic Resonance Imaging assessed through heart rate frequency

Time frame: 20 minutes (before and after the child's preparation)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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