CompletedNot Applicable

Perioperative Preparation Application Developed for Children and Parents

Turkey (Türkiye)194 participantsStarted 2025-07-03

Plain-language summary

Approaches to increase the compliance of children and parents in daily surgical interventions in children are limited. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical usability of the Paediatric Perioperative Preparation Game Application-PeroPap, which will be developed to prepare children and parents for day surgery. The secondary aim is to investigate its effect on the perioperative adaptation process of children and parents, children's symptoms such as pain, anxiety, nausea, vomiting and postoperative behavioural changes, and parents' anxiety and satisfaction.

Who can participate

Age range7 Years – 10 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * The child is between 7 and 10 years old, * The child receives general anesthesia * The child is hospitalized for a surgical operation, * Voluntariness of parents and children to participate in the study, * The child has no visual, hearing or mental disabilities, * The parent or child has an Android or IOS device with an internet connection, * Written and verbal consent from parents and children. Exclusion Criteria: * The child has a hearing problem, * The child and parent are not comfortable speaking and understanding Turkish, * The child is not at the level of mental development to answer the questions asked, * Lack of a primary caregiver.

What they're measuring

Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale:

Timeframe: 1 day before surgery, 1 hour before surgery, 15 minutes before surgery, 1 hour and 2 hours after surgery.

Eastern Ontario Children's Hospital Pain Scale

Timeframe: Postoperative 1st hour and 2nd hour.

Multidimensional Perioperative Anxiety Scale:

Timeframe: 1 day before surgery, 1 hour before, 15 minutes before, 1 hour and 2 hours after surgery.

Comfort Behavior Checklist (CBCL):

Timeframe: 1 hour and 2 hours after surgery.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07062835

SponsorDilek Kucuk Alemdar

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-10-30

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