Preparing Children for Anesthesia With an Educational Pop-Up Book

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Preoperative Anxiety, Pediatric Coping

In brief

The study evaluated an educational pop-up book about general anesthesia induction as an interactive, child-focused preoperative education resource for pediatric patients undergoing outpatient surgery. The study's objectives were to evaluate the book as an educational tool and to understand the book's effects on patient and caregiver perceptions of the surgical experience. The study's hypotheses were that preoperative education from the pop-up book, compared to standard care, would more effectively reduce children's fear and expected pain, facilitate more positive views of the procedure and preoperative explanations, encourage adaptive coping strategies, reduce behavioral anxiety at anesthesia induction, and increase caregiver satisfaction with the surgical experience.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04796077

Run by

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

People needed

148

Starts

2020-08-26

Expected to finish

2020-12-18

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-12

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 5-12 (inclusive)
• Undergoing outpatient medical procedures under general anesthesia with inhalation induction
• English-speaking
• Able to provide electronic consent/assent (legal guardian)

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with severe developmental disabilities
• Unable to obtain electronic consent/assent from a legal guardian

Where it is running

• Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Satellite Boulevard Outpatient Surgery Center — Duluth, Georgia, United States

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