NCT07403747

Ride-On Toy Car Use During Operating Room Transfer in Preschool Children

Evaluation of the Effects of Ride-On Toy Car Use During Operating Room Transfer on Preoperative Anxiety and Postoperative Delirium in Preschool Children

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 96 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 3 Years – 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether the method of transfer to the operating room can reduce preoperative anxiety and postoperative emergence delirium in male children aged 3 to 7 years undergoing elective adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does transfer using a ride-on toy car reduce preoperative anxiety compared with standard stretcher transfer? * Does this transfer method affect the incidence and severity of postoperative emergence delirium? Researchers will compare toy car transfer with standard hospital stretcher transfer to see if the toy car transfer is associated with lower anxiety levels and reduced emergence delirium. Participants will: * Transfer to the operating room either using a ride-on toy car or a standard hospital stretcher * Have preoperative anxiety assessed at predefined time points * Be evaluated for postoperative emergence delirium during recovery

Detailed description

This study is designed to investigate the effect of the method of transfer to the operating room on preoperative anxiety levels and postoperative emergence delirium in pediatric patients. This study is designed to investigate the effect of the method of transfer to the operating room on preoperative anxiety levels and postoperative emergence delirium in pediatric patients. The study will include male children aged 3 to 7 years who are scheduled for elective adenoidectomy and/or tonsillectomy under general anesthesia. Participants will be allocated into two groups. In Group 1, children will be transferred from the waiting area to the operating room using a ride-on toy car. In Group 2, children will be transferred using a standard hospital stretcher according to routine clinical practice. All other perioperative anesthesia management protocols will be standardized between groups. Preoperative anxiety will be assessed at four predefined time points: in the waiting area (T0), immediately before transfer to the operating room (T1), in the operating room corridor (T2), and immediately before anesthesia induction (T3). Anxiety levels will be measured using the Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale (m-YPAS) and the Visual Analog Scale for Anxiety (VAS-A). Postoperative emergence delirium will be evaluated using the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scale at three time points: immediately after extubation (P0), upon admission to the post-anesthesia care unit (P1), and 30 minutes after admission to the post-anesthesia care unit (P2). The primary outcome of the study is the difference in preoperative anxiety levels between the two groups. Secondary outcomes include the incidence and severity of postoperative emergence delirium. The findings of this study may contribute to the development of simple, non-pharmacological strategies to improve perioperative psychological well-being and postoperative recovery in pediatric patients.

Conditions

• Preoperative Anxiety
• Emergence Delirium in Pediatric Anesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Toy car	Transfer to the operating room using a ride-on toy car.
OTHER	Standard Transfer	Transfer to the operating room using a standard hospital stretcher.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-30
• Completion: 2026-04-30
• First posted: 2026-02-11
• Last updated: 2026-02-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)