Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Richard Kavanagh
ORCID ID
Contact details
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (RA)
Royal Alexandra Childrens Hospital
Dyke Road
Brighton
BN1 3JN
United Kingdom
richard.kavanagh@bsuh.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0051154080
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Does videotape information about anaesthesia provided postoperatively reduce parental anxiety during anaesthetic induction in paediatric surgery?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Anxiety disorders
Intervention
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.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
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 measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/12/2004
Overall trial end date
01/12/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Parents of children having uneventful day case surgery under general anaesthetic.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
111
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/12/2004
Recruitment end date
01/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (RA)
Brighton
BN1 3JN
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
NHS R&D Support Funding (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17498014
Publication citations
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Results
McEwen A, Moorthy C, Quantock C, Rose H, Kavanagh R, The effect of videotaped preoperative information on parental anxiety during anesthesia induction for elective pediatric procedures., Paediatr Anaesth, 2007, 17, 6, 534-539, doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02173.x.