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Clown Doctors and a Sedative Premedicant for Children Undergoing Surgery

NCT00886314 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2009-10-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the present investigation will be to determine whether a combination of clown doctor and parental presence is more effective than a combination of sedative premedication and parental presence for reducing anxiety in children and their parents and for improving parental satisfaction.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

midazolam

Children in this group will be premedicated with oral midazolam syrup (0.3 mg.kg) at least 15 minutes before the surgical procedure and one of the parents will be present throughout the anesthesia induction process.

OTHER

clown doctor

Children will interact with clowns before entering the operating room and will stay with them and one of the parents throughout the anesthesia induction process.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yaacov Gozal, MD · Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-09-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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