The Effects of Pre-operative Magic Tricks Performance on Pre-operative Anxiety in Children

June 7, 2012 updated by: Sheba Medical Center

It is not uncommon for children to undergo surgery. Surgery is a threatening event that is composed of various stress-provoking stimuli. Pre-operative anxiety is a common emotional response among operated children and their parents. In the current study we are going to examine if tricks done by the anesthesiologist before anesthetic induction are equally as effective as oral midazolam premedication in the reduction of pre-operative anxiety in children before and after surgery. A successful anxiety reduction may be advantageous over pharmacological premedication by cost reduction, a possibly shorter post anesthesia care stay and by reducing postoperative maladaptive behavior rate.

Study hypothesis: 1. similar anxiety scores will be observed in children that will watch their anesthesiologist performing tricks and in those who will receive oral midazolam premedication but no tricks.

2. Similar rates of postoperative maladaptive behavior will be found in children that that will see tricks and in those that will receive midazolam premedication.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Israel
      • Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
        • Sheba Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • age 3-12 years
  • minor surgeries / diagnostic procedures such as endoscopy, biopsy

Exclusion Criteria:

  • children that do not speak Hebrew
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) status above II
  • a need for regional anesthesia only
  • a need for an intravenous (IV) cannulation at the induction room or operating room before the induction of anesthesia.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Children will watch tricks ("magic") before anesthesia induction
Other: Preoperative Magic Tricks
Watching "magic"; Study patients will watch the anesthesiologist performing tricks ("magic") before anesthesia induction.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
anxiety scores
Time Frame: Technical problems with video-taping of the patients still avoid us from recruiting patients. Therefore, the time frame of the study is still unclear tome.
Technical problems with video-taping of the patients still avoid us from recruiting patients. Therefore, the time frame of the study is still unclear tome.
postoperative maladaptive behavior rate

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
preoperative anxiety scores and rate of postoperative maladaptive behavior

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sheba Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ze'ev Shenkman, MD, Sheba Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 23, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 25, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

September 26, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 8, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2012

Last Verified

June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • SHEBA-07-4786-ZS-CTIL

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