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Live Parent-Child Video Interaction and Cartoon Watching for Emergence Agitation in Children

NCT07689305 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2026-07-14

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Summary

Preoperative anxiety is common in preschool-aged children and may make anesthesia induction more difficult and contribute to agitation during recovery from general anesthesia. Non-drug distraction methods may help children cope with separation from their parents and the unfamiliar operating room environment.

This single-center randomized controlled trial will include 150 children aged 2 to 6 years undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia. Participants will be assigned equally to one of three groups: live video interaction with a parent using a tablet, watching an age-appropriate cartoon, or standard care without video-based distraction.

The interventions will be applied during transfer to the operating room and will end immediately before anesthesia induction. Children's preoperative anxiety will be assessed at parent separation and at the beginning of anesthesia induction using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale-Short Form. Agitation during recovery will be evaluated in the post-anesthesia care unit using the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium scale.

The primary objective is to determine whether live video interaction with a parent or cartoon watching reduces emergence agitation compared with standard care. The study will also compare the effects of these approaches on preoperative anxiety and explore whether live parent-child interaction is more effective than passive cartoon distraction.

Conditions

  • Emergence Delirium
  • Preoperative Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Live Parent-Child Video Interaction

During transfer to the operating room, the child will have live video communication with a parent using a tablet. The tablet will be positioned so that only the child's face is visible and the operating room environment is not included in the camera view. Audio will be transmitted from the parent to the child, with no audio transmitted from the operating room. The session will not be recorded and will end immediately before the start of anesthesia induction.

BEHAVIORAL

Cartoon Watching

During transfer to the operating room, the child will watch a short, age-appropriate cartoon on a tablet. The cartoon will be a 3- to 5-minute animation without violent or frightening content. The content will be preloaded on the tablet and will not require an internet connection. No audio or video recording will be made. Cartoon viewing will end immediately before the start of anesthesia induction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Izmir City Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-15
Primary Completion
2026-08-15
Completion
2026-08-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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