Clinical Use of Baxter Animated Retching Faces (BARF) Scale in Children
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. By default the most common objective outcome measure used in pediatric studies has been the incidence and number of emetic episodes. This measure, however, correlates poorly with the somatic subjective symptom of nausea.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02421952
- Run by
- Baylor College of Medicine
- People needed
- 208
- Starts
- 2013-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-09-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-03-30
Who can join
Age: 3 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age > 3 years but below 18 years
- Elective surgery
- American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status 1-3 (Free from major concurrent disorders)
- Free from nausea and / or vomiting in the previous 24 hours
- Cognitive, visual, hearing and communicative ability to use the VAS as shown by the ability to complete a seriation task in which children pick the biggest of 6 cut out shapes, then the smallest, and the biggest remaining until no shapes remain (Beyer et al: J Pediatr Nurs 1992; 7: 335-46)
You may not qualify if…
- Developmental delay
- Blindness
- Impaired cognitive or communicative abilities including inability to rate the intensity of symptoms and failure to complete the seriation task
- Surgical procedures which may result in diminished hearing or vision in the immediate postoperative period
- Nausea and /or vomiting within 24 hours prior to the procedure
- Inability to understand English,
- Patient or parental refusal to participate
- Pregnant females
Where it is running
- Texas Children's Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States
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