Development and Validation of the Paediatric Scale for Quality of Recovery in the Post-Anaesthesia Care Unit
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Conditions studied: Postoperative Recovery in Children
In brief
This project aims to develop and test a new questionnaire to measure how well children recover in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU). Currently, children in PACU are mainly assessed using discharge readiness criteria, but these do not fully capture the child's recovery experience or overall wellbeing. Participants will be children aged 2-17 years having elective procedures requiring anaesthesia or sedation, and their parents/caregivers where proxy reporting is needed for younger children. The study will be conducted in stages, including interviews to identify important aspects of recovery, expert review of draft questions, testing of question clarity and acceptability, and field testing of the questionnaire in PACU at planned time points during recovery. Clinical information routinely collected as part of care, such as pain scores, nausea vomiting, airway or oxygen events, and length of stay in PACU, will also be examined to assess how well the questionnaire performs. The expected outcome is a child-centred, practical, and reliable PACU recovery measure that can be used in clinical care, quality improvement, and future research.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07610915
- Run by
- Mahidol University
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2026-06-15
- Expected to finish
- 2027-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-28
Who can join
Age: 2 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children aged 8-17 years for self-report version
- Parents/caregivers of children aged 2-7 years for proxy-report version
- Elective surgery/procedure under anaesthesia
- Planned recovery in PACU
- ASA I-IV
- Able to communicate in the prespecified site language (Thai - in Siriraj Hospital site)
- Informed consent/assent obtained as applicable Exclusion criteria
- Unable to communicate in the prespecified site language (Thai - in Siriraj Hospital site)
- Urgent or emergency surgery/procedure
- Not planned to recover in PACU, including planned direct transfer from theatre to ICU
- Developmental delay or other condition limiting comprehension for interview participation or questionnaire completion
- Not available for an uninterrupted interview or questionnaire completion.
Where it is running
- Siriraj Hospital — Bangkok Noi, Bangkok, Thailand
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