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The effect of videotaped preoperative information on parental anxiety during anesthetic for elective paediatric procedures
ISRCTN ISRCTN65449805
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
Public title The effect of videotaped preoperative information on parental anxiety during anesthetic for elective paediatric procedures
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source N0051154080
Study hypothesis Does videotape information about anaesthesia provided postoperatively reduce parental anxiety during anaesthetic induction in paediatric surgery?
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Anxiety disorders
Participants - inclusion criteria Parents of children having uneventful day case surgery under general anaesthetic.
Participants - exclusion criteria Not provided at time of registration
Anticipated start date 01/12/2004
Anticipated end date 01/12/2005
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 111
Interventions Parents of children undergoing surgery will be randomised. One group will watch videotaped information, others will receive standardised information. Parental anxiety is assessed before and after witnessing their child's anaesthetic induction by completing a validated questionnaire.
Primary outcome measure(s) 1. Anxiety before anaesthetic induction as measured by the state/trait anxiety inventory and the Amsterdam Preoperative anxiety and information score
2. Anxiety after anaesthetic induction as measured by the state/trait anxiety inventory
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding 1. Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
2. NHS R&D Support Funding (UK)
Trial website
Publications 2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17498014
Contact name Dr  Richard  Kavanagh
  Address Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (RA)
Royal Alexandra Childrens Hospital
Dyke Road
  City/town Brighton
  Zip/Postcode BN1 3JN
  Country United Kingdom
  Email richard.kavanagh@bsuh.nhs.uk
Sponsor Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2005 Update - Department of Health (UK)
  Address The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode SW1A 2NL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7307 2622
  Fax +44 (0)20 7307 2623
  Email dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
Date applied 30/09/2005
Last edited 13/04/2010
Date ISRCTN assigned 30/09/2005
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