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Effect of Mobile Phone Video Games on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Pain in Children

NCT07128056 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of mobile phone video game distraction on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain in pediatric surgical patients. Children aged 3-12 years undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia will be randomly assigned to either a video game distraction group or a control group receiving standard perioperative care. The primary outcomes are preoperative anxiety levels and postoperative pain scores. The study aims to determine whether a simple, low-cost behavioral intervention can improve perioperative experiences in children

Conditions

  • Preoperative Anxiety
  • Postoperative Pain
  • Elective Surgical Procedure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mobile phone video game distraction

Children in the intervention group will play age-appropriate, non-violent mobile phone video games for approximately 20 minutes before induction of anesthesia. This is intended as a distraction technique to reduce preoperative anxiety and improve postoperative pain outcomes. Participants will also receive standard perioperative care.

OTHER

Standard peri operative care

Standard preoperative and postoperative care according to institutional protocol, without mobile phone video game distraction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Pakistan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Fatima Numeri

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Prof Dr Fatima Naumeri, FCPS,MCPS-HPE,MCPS,CME · Services Institute of Medical Sciences,Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-15
Primary Completion
2026-04-15
Completion
2026-07-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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