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VR for Preoperative Anxiety in Children

NCT03201640 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2021-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

All of the tools currently available for preoperative preparation of children either use a third person approach (i.e., use media whereby they watch a video or look at pictures of another child receiving an anesthetic), provide tours at some time previous to the operation date, or are shown the equipment that they will encounter during their anesthetic. No preoperative programme currently allows the child to experience the entire chain of events from leaving the preoperative preparation area (and their parents), walking to the operating area, being initially prepared for and receiving anesthesia and recovering from anesthesia, in real time and from a first person perspective. As such the investigators are carrying out this study to assess whether virtual reality preoperative preparation is effective in reducing anxiety at induction of anesthesia.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

slideshow

Participants will be shown a slideshow showing a child being prepared for surgery

BEHAVIORAL

virtual

Participants will be shown an immersive virtual reality preparation for surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Clyde Matava · The Hospital for Sick Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-18
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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