Family-Centered Behavioral Preparation for Surgery

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Conditions studied: Anxiety

In brief

Children experience significant anxiety and distress during the preoperative period. Currently available interventions are ineffective and/or associated with significant disadvantages. These interventions exclusively target the child and do not attempt to reduce parental anxiety. Based on an integration of the literature in both the anesthesia and psychological milieus, we developed ADVANCE, a behaviorally oriented anxiety reduction program for children undergoing surgery that targets the family as a whole.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00261261

Run by

Yale University

People needed

400

Starts

2001-01-01

Expected to finish

2004-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-12-02

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children 2-10 years old who were in good health (American Society of Anesthesiology physical status I-II) and who were undergoing general anesthesia and elective, outpatient surgery, and their parents.

You may not qualify if…

• Children with a history of chronic illness, prematurity (fewer than 36 weeks gestation) or reported developmental delay

Where it is running

• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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