Effectiveness Study "HospiAvontuur":

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-07-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Preoperative anxiety is frequently experienced by children undergoing anaesthesia and surgery and being separated from parents during the operation. It is associated with a significant number of adverse outcomes such as maladaptive behavioural changes and increased postoperative analgesic requirements. Pharmacological interventions such as midazolam are widely used to decrease preoperative anxiety in children. However, premedication may be associated with undesirable effects such as paradoxical reactions, prolonged sedation and adverse behavioural changes.The aim of this study is to develop and use a serious game, HospiAvontuur, which can be used during the preparation of children for an admission at the hospital. By using this game the researchers aim to reduce the usage of pharmacological interventions and to increase the use of non-pharmacological interventions, such as HospiAvontuur.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: PXL University College
• Collaborator: Jessa Hospital
• Treatments: Midazolam

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children from 4 up to (and included) 7 years old. The children represent a large group within the otorhinolaryngeal discipline and these children are within the same cognitive phase when it comes to playing a serious game

• Children who need otorhinolaryngeal surgery for the first time.

• Children and at least one of the parents are able to comprehend and speak the Dutch language.

• Children who will receive a mask induction of the anaesthesia.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Older and younger children than the mentioned age group.

• Children who do not have a complete comprehension of the Dutch language. Children will not be excluded based on cultural or background information.

• Children who had previous surgical experiences both elective or urgent.

• The following children will also be excluded from participation: children with mental retardation, children that have had opioids or sedative during the past month, children with early birth, children with behavioural dysfunction and children with a delayed cognitive development.