CompletedNot Applicable

The Effect of Informative Animated Videos Watched Before Surgery on Anxiety and Fear in Children and Their Mothers

Turkey (Türkiye)60 participantsStarted 2024-02-29

Plain-language summary

It is important to prepare children and their mothers psychologically for surgery. There are many initiatives to achieve this psychological preparation, including interactive educational booklets for children and their families, hospital tours, educational multimedia applications, web-based preparation programs, virtual reality applications, virtual tours, therapeutic games, hospital clowning, and educational coloring books. Among these initiatives, the immersive features of virtual reality glasses are seen as an effective method for distracting children from negative stimuli. Informing children before surgery is effective in increasing their sense of control during medical and surgical interventions. The information provided before surgery effectively reduces pain and fear in children. This research aims to reduce the anxiety and fear of children undergoing surgery and their mothers, as well as to facilitate the child's recovery after surgery. Additionally, reducing the mother's anxiety and fear will enable her to provide higher-quality care to her child during the postoperative process. This study will be conducted using a prospective randomized controlled study design, matching children according to gender, age, and minor surgical reason, to determine the effect of animated videos shown through virtual reality glasses before surgery on perioperative anxiety and fear in children and their mothers. The objectives of the study are: * The animated video to be shown will reduce children's and mothers' fear of surgery. * The animated video to be shown will reduce children's and mothers' perioperative anxiety.

Who can participate

Age range

7 Years – 13 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 7-13, * Those who will undergo surgery for the first time, * Able to read and write, * Her mother and herself agreed to participate in the study, * No communication problems, * It will be done with children who can speak and understand Turkish and their mothers. Exclusion Criteria: * With developmental disabilities, * Having a history of neurological disease or psychoactive drug use, * Those with hearing and/or visual impairments, * Children with a history of previous surgery and their mothers will not be included in the study.

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What they're measuring

Multidimensional Perioperative Anxiety Scale for Children

Timeframe: one month

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07131982

SponsorTC Erciyes University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-12-15

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