Use of Baxter Animated Retching Faces (BARF) Scale to Measure Nausea in Children Who Speak Spanish

Completed

Conditions studied: Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

In brief

Pediatric research in the management of nausea has been limited by the absence of a reliable method to quantify the intensity of this subjective symptom. In adults, the visual analog scale (VAS) is an accurate tool, but this has not been shown to be reliable in young children. A scale is a series of points made on a line that will be used for measurement; a mark on the far left of the line shows little pain and the mark on the far right means alot of pain.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02007109

Run by

Baylor College of Medicine

People needed

193

Starts

2014-01-01

Expected to finish

2018-09-07

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-30

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• (1) Spanish speaking children (2) Age > 7 years but below 18 years (3) Elective surgery (4) American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-3 (Free from major concurrent disorders) (5) Free from nausea and / or vomiting in the previous 24 hours (6) Cognitive and communicative ability to rate the intensity of symptoms as described below.

You may not qualify if…

• (1) Inability to understand or speak Spanish (2) Developmental delay (3) Blindness (4) Impaired cognitive or communicative abilities including inability to rate the intensity of symptoms (5) Surgical procedure where vision or hearing is anticipated to be impaired in the immediate postoperative period (6) Nausea and /or vomiting within 24 hours of procedure, (7) Patient or parental refusal to participate (8) Pregnant females

Where it is running

• Texas Children't Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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