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Tablet-based Interactive Distraction Preoperative Anxiety in Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03531359 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 112

Last updated 2018-09-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children develop anxiety during the induction of anaesthesia and video-games might reduce or alleviate it. The investigators intend to conduct a clinical trial to study the effect of tablet-based interctive games on alleviating preoperative anxiety.

Conditions

  • Children Under General Anaesthesia

Interventions

DEVICE

TIBD

Table-based Interactive Distraction using video-games will be used to prove efficacy in preventing preoperative anxiety.

DRUG

Midazolam

Administration of midazolam oral or rectal 30 minutes to one hour prior to transfer to the theater.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Carlos Van Buren

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad de Valparaiso

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathalie López, MD · Universidad de Valparaíso Chile

  • Anamaria Correa, MD · Universidad de Valparaíso Chile

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-07-04
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2020-07-30

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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