The Study Evaluates the Effect of an Interactive Projector as a Distraction for Children During Anesthetic Induction. The Primary Objective is to Reduce Perioperative Anxiety, Measured With the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS).

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Conditions studied: Anxiety, Anxiety After Surgery, Induction of Anesthesia, Anxiety Preoperative, Anesthesia Care, Technology Use, Child Anxiety

In brief

This study is designed to evaluate the effect of technology as a distraction technique during anesthetic induction in children, starting from their arrival to the operating room. An interactive film will be displayed using a projector (BERT: Bedside Entertaining and Relaxation Tool) mounted on a whiteboard in front of the child's gurney. The primary outcome is perioperative anxiety, measured with the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07230743

Run by

Clinica Alemana de Santiago

People needed

70

Starts

2025-07-01

Expected to finish

2026-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-17

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing elective procedures under general anesthesia at Clinica Alemana
• Parent or caregiver presence for mask induction
• ASA I, II
• Ages 2-6 years of age
• Spanish speaking
• Parental consent/patient assent

You may not qualify if…

• Patient or parental does not consent
• ASA ≥ III
• Emergency surgery
• Intravenous induction of anesthesia
• Patient with a significant neurological condition or major developmental disability
• Severe visual or auditory defects
• Patients admitted using a crib as the mode of transport

Where it is running

• Clínica Alemana de Santiago — Vitacura, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile (enrolling)

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