NCT03606564

Parents Perception and Compliance With Pre Operative Fasting Instructions in Paediatric Patients

Parent's Perception and Compliance With Pre-operative Fasting Instructions in Paediatric Patients Undergoing Day Care Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,050 (actual)
• Sponsor: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Year – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the perception and compliance with the fasting instructions given to parents of children undergoing surgery. A questionnaire was provided to the parents indicating fasting time requested and actual time of fasting.

Detailed description

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) have recommended fasting guidelines of 8 hours of solids, 6 hours for formula milk, 4 hours for breast milk and 2 hours of clear liquids, for preoperative patients undergoing elective surgery. Parents of Children undergoing surgery are instructed to adhere to these guidelines. Parents might not be compliant with these instructions. They may fast their children less than or more than the recommended time. Main aim of this study is to find out the incidence of non compliance with the fasting instructions and try to find the reasons for such non compliance.

Conditions

• Fasting

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	study of fasting time among pediatric patients undergoing day care surgery	parents of children undergoing day care surgery were given a questionnaire to be filled containing questions regarding time of fasting that was instructed and

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2018-07-31
• Last updated: 2018-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India