The Effect of Electric Ride-On Cars Use During Transport to the Operating Theatre

Uşak University118 enrolled

Overview

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of the use of a electric ride-on car during transport to the operating theatre on preoperative anxiety in children undergoing elective ambulatory surgery. As a distraction method, children in the experimental group will be introduced to the operating theatre with a electric ride-on car. Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form will be used to evaluate anxiety. The sample size was determined as 118 as a result of power analysis. 59 children will be included in the experimental group and 59 children in the control group. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

118

Conditions

Anxiety Preoperative Anxiety Pediatric Surgery

Interventions

The children in the experimental group will be transported to the operating theatre by a electric ride-on car.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsMax age: 10 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being between 2-10 years old, * Less than 35 kg (according to the manufacturer's instructions for ride-on battery cars), * To undergo elective surgery, * Volunteering to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * having cognitive or physical disabilities that may prevent riding a electric ride-on car * premedication before surgery

Locations (1)

Usak University Training and Research Hospital

Uşak, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Perioperative anxiety

Yale Modified Preoperative Anxiety Scale Child Form

Time frame: 30 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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