Reducing Preoperative Anxiety in Parents of Surgical Patients

NCT ID: NCT04976114

Last Updated: 2021-07-26

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

140 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-01

Study Completion Date

2017-10-01

Brief Summary

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Aims and objectives: To investigate preoperative anxiety in parents of paediatric surgical patients, testing whether the provision of information (using video and story books) regarding the surgical process can impact on reducing anxiety. Analyse if some personal factors influence the reduction of anxiety.

Background: Attending a surgical theatre generates anxiety in all types of patients, especially in the case of children. The effect of different preoperative intervention procedures in children that attempt to reduce their anxiety level have been studied a great deal. However, although their parents also suffer high anxiety levels, potential intervention to reduce their levels have not received the same attention.

Study design: Randomised Clinical trial Methods: One hundred and twenty-five parents of children (8-12 y.o.) undergoing surgery in Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias hospital (Oviedo, Spain) were randomly assigned to the control group (34 individuals) or one of the 3 experimental groups (91). After the pre-anaesthesia consultation, children and parents of the experimental groups were provided with a story book, a video with additional information of nursing, or both. In the antechamber of the operating room and prior to the surgical intervention, the State Anxiety and Trait Anxiety of the parents and children were measured using the STAI and STAIC questionnaires respectively. The data collection, including different demographic variables was carried out for 12 months starting in October 2016

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

A randomised and blind clinical trial. The parents could be randomly assigned to the control group, and received the standard procedure, or to the experimental groups. Three experimental groups were possible regarding the various types of interventions: story book (IG1), video (IG2), or both instruments (IG3)
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
As it is not possible for the participants to be blinded, they were asked not to mention to the assessment researchers (or other parents they could meet) what was the information they received, ensuring the researchers to remain blinded.

Study Groups

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Control group

Standard of care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

story book

Parents read a book with the chid previous to surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Story book with information about surgery techniques

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Presurgery use of Story book. The parents with the child read a book with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

video

Parents watch a video with the chid previous to surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Video with information about surgery techniques

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Presurgery use of video. The parents with the child watch a video with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

both instrument

Parents read a book and watch a video with the chid previous to surgery.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Story book and Video with information about surgery techniques

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Presurgery use of video and story book. The parents with the child watch a video and read a book (both) with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

Interventions

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Story book with information about surgery techniques

Presurgery use of Story book. The parents with the child read a book with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Video with information about surgery techniques

Presurgery use of video. The parents with the child watch a video with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Story book and Video with information about surgery techniques

Presurgery use of video and story book. The parents with the child watch a video and read a book (both) with information about surgery techniques the days before surgery.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Undergoing surgery at Asturias Central Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Children not in the age range,
* Emergency surgery,
* Children not able to understand or read
* Parents not present or refused to participate.
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospital San Carlos, Madrid

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emilio Vargas Castrillón

Head of clinical pharmacoloy hospital clinico san carlos

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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preoperative anxiety

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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