An Innovative Tailored Intervention for Improving Children's Postoperative Recovery (WebTIPS)

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Pain, Postoperative Behavior

In brief

The goal of this randomized trial is to examine the effectiveness of a tailored Internet-based Preparation Program (WebTIPS) in reducing anxiety and improving the recovery process in children undergoing surgery. Two hospitals and all parent-child dyads will be randomized to either a Web-based Tailored Intervention Preparation for Surgery (WebTIPS) Group or to a Web-based Information (WebINFO) Group, the attention control group. The WebTIPS group will receive the newly developed intervention with short message service (SMS), while the WebINFO Group will only receive an internet and mobile platform with information on the management of preoperative anxiety and perioperative pain. The aims of this study are to: Primary aim: Quality of Clinical Care: Determine whether and to what extent WebTIPS is more effective than an attention control intervention in reducing preoperative anxiety among children ages 1-12 years old undergoing anesthesia and outpatient surgery. Secondary aims: Quality of Clinical Care: 1. Examine the impact of WebTIPS on Post-Anesthesia care unit based postoperative clinical recovery parameters, such as pain and emergence delirium. 2. Examine the impact of WebTIPS on home-based postoperative clinical recovery parameters such as pain, new onset behavioral changes and return to normal daily activity over 2 weeks. 3. Determine if the use of WebTIPS reduces parental preoperative anxiety. Experience of Care: Examine the effects of WebTIPS on parental satisfaction with the overall experience of the surgical episode.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03730259

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

1274

Starts

2019-04-12

Expected to finish

2023-11-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-05

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children:
• Children scheduled to undergo anesthesia and outpatient surgery.
• Children whose health status is American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III will be recruited for this study.
• Only children who are in the normal range of development will be recruited for this study
• Parents:
• Parents of children who are enrolled in the study.
• Healthcare Providers:
• Anesthesia care providers in the two study hospitals
• Nurses who provide preoperative nursing care to children who are about to undergo surgery in the two study hospitals

You may not qualify if…

• Children:
• Patients with health status defined by ASA status IV-V
• Children who are not in the normal range of development and who are visually impaired will be excluded from this study.
• Children with visual impairment.
• Parents:
• Parents who refuse to be part of the study and whose children are not eligible for the study.
• Parents who are visually impaired.
• Healthcare Providers:
• Anesthesiologists who refuse to be part of the study
• Nurses who refuse to be part of the study

Where it is running

• CHOC Children's Hospital — Orange, California, United States
• Seattle Children's Hospital — Seattle, Washington, United States

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