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We Will Compare Anxiety Levels Between English and Spanish-speaking Patients Before Surgery at a Children's Hospital. We Hypothesize That Spanish-speaking Patients Will Experience Greater Anxiety, so an Educational Intervention Will be Introduced One-week Before Surgery.

NCT06624410 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-07-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this trial is to first evaluate whether a difference exists in anxiety scores between Spanish-speaking children and English-speaking children in the pre-operative setting in our patient population as assessed by the validated myPAS-SF anxiety index. In the interventional phase, the investigators hypothesize that the use of a language-concordant, educational intervention by study participants at home during the week preceding surgery will decrease pre-operative anxiety in Spanish-speaking children, as assessed by the validated mYPAS-SF anxiety index.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Educational Intervention

Pre-operative anxiety levels will be assessed with the mYPAS-SF6-12 (below). Subjects will be observed for behaviors and then given a score out of possible 5 across 5 domains that corresponds with demonstrated behaviors, specified in the figure below. The 5 domains include Activity, Vocalization, Emotional Expressivity, State of Arousal, and Use of Parent. Note that the "Vocalization" domain differs in that It's possible scores range from 1-7. Pilot data collection will involve mYPAS scoring in isolation to demonstrate existing anxiety burden at Doernbecher Children's Hospital.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brandon Togioka, MD · Oregon Health & Science University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-31
Primary Completion
2026-01-31
Completion
2026-01-31

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