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The Study Evaluates the Effect of an Interactive Projector as a Distraction for Children During Anesthetic Induction. The Primary Objective is to Reduce Perioperative Anxiety, Measured With the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS).

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Clinica Alemana de Santiago
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorClinica Alemana de Santiago
Started2025-07-01
Est. completion2025-12
Eligibility
Age2 Years – 6 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

This study is designed to evaluate the effect of technology as a distraction technique during anesthetic induction in children, starting from their arrival to the operating room. An interactive film will be displayed using a projector (BERT: Bedside Entertaining and Relaxation Tool) mounted on a whiteboard in front of the child's gurney. The primary outcome is perioperative anxiety, measured with the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (mYPAS).

Eligibility

Age: 2 Years – 6 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients undergoing elective procedures under general anesthesia at Clinica Alemana
* Parent or caregiver presence for mask induction
* ASA I, II
* Ages 2-6 years of age
* Spanish speaking
* Parental consent/patient assent

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient or parental does not consent
* ASA ≥ III
* Emergency surgery
* Intravenous induction of anesthesia
* Patient with a significant neurological condition or major developmental disability
* Severe visual or auditory defects
* Patients admitted using a crib as the mode of transport

Conditions7

Anesthesia CareAnxietyAnxiety After SurgeryAnxiety, PreoperativeChild AnxietyInduction of AnesthesiaTechnology Use

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