NCT06404879

The Effect of Parental Anxiety Level on the Child's Anxiety Level and Postoperative Pain in Children Undergoing Surgery.

The Relationship Between Pre-operative Parental Anxiety Level and the Child's Anxiety Level and Its Effect on Postoperative Pain in Children Aged 2-6 Years Who Will Undergo Inguinal Area Surgery.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 81 (actual)
• Sponsor: Giresun University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this prospective study is to investigate whether the anxiety levels of parents of children aged 2-6 years who will undergo inguinal area surgery have an effect on the child\'s preoperative anxiety level and postoperative pain level.

Detailed description

Hospitalization of children for any health problem or treatment is a complex and difficult process that negatively affects the child and his family and creates stress. Surgical treatment in children can be planned or unplanned, minor or major, invasive or non-invasive, but every type of surgery is considered a stressful experience. Studies have shown that by controlling the anxiety and fear experienced in the preoperative period, children can achieve faster recovery in the postoperative period, better pain tolerance and earlier discharge. For this reason, we aim to contribute to the literature by investigating whether the anxiety levels of the parents of children aged 2-6 who will undergo inguinal area surgery affect the child\'s preoperative anxiety level and postoperative pain level.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	determining scores with tests	Parents of children preparing for the operation will be given a child and family information form and STAI-I and STAI-II (State-Trait Anxiety Scale) scale forms and will be asked to fill them out themselves. An anesthesia technician blind to the content of the study will calculate and take notes on the children\'s anxiety levels, according to the m-YPAS (modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety) scale, in the preoperative waiting room (T1) and when the anesthesia ventilation mask is shown (T4). FLACC (Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolabilityscale) scores and spO2, pulse values and complications such as nausea, vomiting and desaturation at the 5th, 10th, 20th and 30th minutes of all children taken to the recovery unit in the postoperative period will be recorded by the recovery unit nurse. . Children who are thought to have pain according to the FLACC score will be given 0.5 mg/kg meperidine as rescue analgesia and a note will be taken.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-04-01
• Completion: 2025-05-16
• First posted: 2024-05-08
• Last updated: 2026-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)