Status:
COMPLETED
Reading Preoperatively to Reduce Anxiety in Day Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
IWK Health Centre
Conditions:
Pre-operative Pediatric Anxiety
Eligibility:
All Genders
2-8 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This study is designed to implement the reading of age appropriate books by a trained reader into the waiting area of a pediatric day surgery unit to determine if it is effective at reducing the anxie...
Detailed Description
The purpose of this study is 1. to investigate the child and parental anxiolytic effects of reading age-appropriate books by Read To Me readers to the children in the waiting room of day surgery units...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 2-8 years old and their parents
- who are undergoing Day Surgery at the IWK Health Centre will be eligible to participate in this study.
Exclusion
- children of parents who have not consented to participation in the study will be ineligible to participate.
- Any parent or child not having a signed authorization form will be ineligible to participate.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00338325
Start Date
June 1 2005
End Date
April 1 2006
Last Update
June 16 2015
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