The study is a prospective, randomized, single-blind controlled superiority trial to evaluate the effect of viewing an informative animated video a day prior to surgery on preoperative anxiety in pediatric patients scheduled for elective otoplasty. The primary outcome will be modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS) score at the time of general anesthesia induction compared between families that were assigned to view the animated video the day before and those that were not. The participants for this study will be children undergoing elective otoplasty at the IWK Health Centre. Those participants randomized to the intervention group will receive a link to a short survey gauging parent anxiety levels. The survey will be followed by a link to an informative animated video which the participants and their families will watch. The control group will be participants assigned not to receive the email link to the informative animated video.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
40
Participants randomized to the intervention group will receive a link to a short survey gauging parent anxiety levels three days prior to their childs surgery date. If randomly assigned to watch the informative animated video, the survey will be followed by a link to a video which families are free to watch prior to your child's surgery date. Once participants and there family watch the video, they will be asked to rate the quality of the video on a scale of 0 (very bad) to 10 (excellent). Responses to this question will be used to confirm that participants watched the video to the end.
IWK health centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
RECRUITINGmodified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)
The mYPAS is a validated observational measure to assess the behaviour of children of all ages preoperatively and consists of 27 items divided into five domains (activity, emotional status, arousal state, vocalization, and use of parents).24,27,28 The mYPAS scores range from 22 to 100, with higher values indicating greater anxiety. The mYPAS is considered the gold-standard for observational preoperative anxiety assessment in paediatric patients.24,27-30
Time frame: Data acquisition will occur within 24 hours. Recording will start once patient enters room and is positioned on OR table. Recording will stop one minute after induction mask is put on patient. Total recording time will be five minutes.
parental self-reported anxiety using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
The STAI, which consists of two 20-item subscales measures is self-administered on a four-point scale for each item. The scores for each of the subscales range from a minimum of 20 to a maximum of 80, the higher scores suggest the greater psychological anxiety. The tool was designed to differentiate between the temporary condition of "state anxiety" in response to an acute event and the more general and long-standing quality of "trait anxiety" entrenched in the individual's personality. This tool has been validated in a variety of clinical settings including parental anxiety prior to a child's surgery.26
Time frame: Within 48 hours prior to arrival at the IWK for surgery and again upon arrival at the IWK immediately prior to their child leaving the waiting area to enter the operating room
modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS)
The mYPAS is a validated observational measure to assess the behaviour of children of all ages preoperatively and consists of 27 items divided into five domains (activity, emotional status, arousal state, vocalization, and use of parents).24,27,28 The mYPAS scores range from 22 to 100, with higher values indicating greater anxiety. The mYPAS is considered the gold-standard for observational preoperative anxiety assessment in paediatric patients.24,27-30
Time frame: mYPAS score while in the preoperative waiting area
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