NCT05165576

Child-centered Communication and Anesthesia Use for MRI

The Influence of Child-centered Communication on Children's Anxiety and Use of Anesthesia for MRI

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade do Porto · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 10 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this project is to study the influence of child-centered communication on children's anxiety, satisfaction and the use of anesthesia for MRI

Detailed description

This study seeks to inspect the influence of a child-centered communication (CCC) on anesthesia use in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams among four- to 10-year-old children. Children's levels of anxiety and satisfaction with the interaction also are assessed. Children are divided into three groups by order of arrival. Group 1 receives routine information about the MRI and simulates it with an MRI toy (EG1). Group 2 simulates the exam with the toy and receives the CCC. These two groups are compared with a third group of children who had received only the routine information about the exam and who served as a comparison group (CG).

Conditions

• Behavioral Problem of Child
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Child-centered communication	The child is asked for ideas, fears and concerns regarding the magnetic resonance imaging exam and responses are tailored to these individual needs

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2020-07-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2021-12-21
• Last updated: 2023-10-19

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Portugal