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Clowns as Treatment for Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT00609960 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2008-02-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study wants to test the hypothesis that trained clowns can reduce anxiety in children undergoing general anesthesia. We will compare the effect of the clowns to the commonly used anti-anxiety medication we commonly use

Conditions

  • Pre Operative Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

clowns present

clowns present during the proccess of induction of anesthesia

DRUG

midazolam

midazolam

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ilan Keidan, MD · Sheba Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2007-01-31
Completion
2007-01-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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