Anxiety Level of Child and Parents During Preoperative Anesthesia Evaluation

July 24, 2014 updated by: Prof. Dr. A. Pervin SUTAS BOZKURT, Istanbul University
  1. Appreciation of preoperative anxiety in children is important for the anesthesiologist.
  2. Several factors defined to effect the anxiety levels preoperatively in children such as , age, previous medical encounters , education level and parental anxiety. 3. This information was tested for Turkish children during the preoperative anesthetic evaluation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Detailed Description

  1. Before the planned surgery all children accompanying parents filled a questionnaire about the demographics, marital status, economical conditions, education level and other diseases and operations in the family.
  2. Both the parent and child filled State and Trait Anxiety tests specially prepared for adults Spielberger Anxiety tests and children defined and validation tests had already been proven.

Statistical analysis performed for evaluation.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

117

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

6 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Children planned to undergo surgical procedures or diagnostic procedures under general anesthesia

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Legible

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Illegible due to lack of education or eye diseases

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

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
parents and children
Anxiety tests

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
children state anxiety
Time Frame: 1 hour
Anxiety scores were filled within 1 hour no further evalution was performed.
1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rovnat Babazade, M.D., Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty
  • Principal Investigator: Levent Kayaalp, Prof. Dr., Private Practice
  • Principal Investigator: Gurcan Gungor, M.D., Istanbul University
  • Principal Investigator: Burak Dogangun, Asoc. Prof, Istanbul University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 12, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

July 28, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 28, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2014

Last Verified

July 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 15112005
  • 31130 (Other Identifier: Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty Clinical Trials Ethics Committee)

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