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Study NCT ID: NCT03578393
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2022-05-23
First Post: 2018-05-30
Is NOT Gene Therapy: False
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Efficacy of a Preoperative Virtual Reality Intervention as a Paediatric Anxiety Improvement Strategy
Sponsor: Servei Central d'Anestesiologia
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Efficacy of a Preoperative Virtual Reality Intervention as a Paediatric Anxiety Improvement Strategy
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2022-05
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This study evaluate the effectiveness of the Virtual Reality Educational Program (RVEP) in the Paediatric Surgical Prehabilitation Unit to reduce the perioperative anxiety in children who undergo to elective surgery. Half of the patients will received the virtual reality program, and the other half will received de common treatment.
Detailed Description: During preoperative time, anxiety is one of the most frequent problems in children, causing an important health problem as long with pain. In the surgical fields there are two especially stressful moments for the child, the first one is the parent´s separation, and the second is the anaesthetic induction, which in up to 42% of cases can be traumatic.

Methods to treat paediatric anxiety have evolved in the last decades. Pharmacological therapy is one of the most used methods to treat anxiety in the immediate preoperative period, but complications and unwanted side effects are described. Due to this side effects, this study will evaluate the the effectiveness of the Virtual Reality Educational Program (RVEP) to reduce the perioperative anxiety in children.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: