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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03957525
Date of registration: 17/05/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Thoralf Liebs
Public title: Pediatric Preoperative Virtual Reality Program PPVRP
Scientific title: The Influence of a Pre-Operative Preparatory Virtual Reality Program on the Self-Assessed Anxiety of Children Undergoing Elective Surgery
Date of first enrolment: August 1, 2019
Target sample size: 11
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03957525
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Other. Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Thoralf Randolf Liebs, PD Dr. med
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Affiliation:  Department of Pediatric Surgery, Inselspital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The child is between the age of 7 and 13 years

2. The child is undergoing an elective surgical procedure under general anesthesia

3. The child understands Swiss German

4. The parent(s) understand(s) German

5. The parent(s) possess a smart phone

6. Internet access is given

7. The patient information has been explained

8. Informed Consent is signed

Exclusion Criteria:

1. The child has a hearing impairment

2. The child has neurologic disorder

3. The child requires postoperative intensive care

4. The child has previous experience of anesthesia

5. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of III or greater



Age minimum: 7 Years
Age maximum: 13 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Surgery
Anxiety
Intervention(s)
Other: Pre-Operative Preparatory Virtual Reality Program
Primary Outcome(s)
Perioperative anxiety level of children immediately before surgery (VAS-A) [Time Frame: 2 - 90 days after recruiting]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Non-disease specific secondary Outcomes [Time Frame: 14 - 110 days after recruiting]
Perioperative anxiety level of Children VFAS [Time Frame: 2 - 90 days after recruiting]
Perioperative anxiety level of accompanying parent [Time Frame: 14 - 110 days after recruiting]
Perioperative anxiety level of Children VAS-A [Time Frame: 2 - 90 days after recruiting]
Secondary ID(s)
2019-00081
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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